New detailed surveys of Viking age ship settings in Hjarnø, Denmark have been completed by archaeologists examining the origins and makeup of the Kalvestene grave…
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While it is widely accepted that climate change drove the evolution of our species in Africa, the exact character of that climate change and its…
Reconstruction of Massospondylus carinatus. Credit: Dorling Kindersley Anyone who’s raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their growth…
Archival photograph illustrating the double grave of individuals JS 20 and JS 21, Jebel Sahaba cemetery. Pencils indicate the position of associated lithic artefacts. Credit:…
Ancient Judeans commonly ate non-kosher fish surrounding the time that such food was prohibited in the Bible, suggests a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Tel…
An artist’s rendering of a Neolithic pastoralist at Obishir rockshelter. Credit: Ettore Mazza Early Dispersal of Neolithic Domesticated Sheep Into the Heart of Central Asia…
Hall of the ancient Roman villa in Ephesus with its restored marble slabs, which have now been examined in more detail. Credit: © Sinan Ilhan…
General view of the cave site of Panga ya Saidi. Note trench excavation where burial was unearthed. Credit: Mohammad Javad Shoaee The discovery of the…
Traces of beeswax were detected in 3500 year-old clay pots like this. Credit: Peter Breunig, Goethe University Frankfurt Scientists at Goethe University and University of…
Facial reconstruction of individual identified through DNA analysis as John Gregory, HMS Erebus. Credit: Diana Trepkov/ University of Waterloo With a living descendant’s DNA sample,…
Shuvuuia deserti artist’s reconstruction. Credit: Viktor Radermaker The tiny desert-living dinosaur Shuvuuia had extraordinary vision and owl-like hearing for nocturnal life in the Mongolian desert.…
General view of the cave site of Panga ya Saidi. Note trench excavation where burial was unearthed. Credit: Mohammad Javad Shoaee Dating to 78,000 years…
Hazard & Caswell bottles from an apothecary in Newport, R.I., that contained a medicinal concoction marketed as a cure for digestive and other ailments. Credit:…
Ecological reconstruction of the Zhangpu biota. Credit: NIGPAS Newly Discovered Miocene Biome Sheds Light on Rainforest Evolution An international research group led by Prof. WANG…
Dead sea scroll text analysis collage. Credit: Mladen Popović The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered some seventy years ago, are famous for containing the oldest manuscripts…
The remains of numerous individuals unearthed on the site of the former Hospital of St. John the Evangelist. Credit: Cambridge Archaeological Unit The first study…
WTSWW’s Skokholm Island. Credit: Lucy Griffiths Chance finds dating back 9000 years tell new story of Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. Chance finds of prehistoric stone tools…
Tarantulas are among the most notorious spiders, due in part to their size, vibrant colors, and prevalence throughout the world. But one thing most people…
This burial site in a badlands area of AlUla in north-west Saudi Arabia is currently rare for Neolithic-Chalcolithic Arabia in being built above-ground and meant…
This skull from Zlatý kůň cave near Prague belonged to the earliest known modern human in Europe. Credit: Marek Jantač The fossil skull of a…