Evolution of Personhood: Earliest Adorned Female Infant Burial in Europe Reveals Significant Insights
Ten thousand years ago, just after the last Ice Age, a group of hunter-gatherers buried an infant girl in an Italian cave. They entombed her…
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Dinosaurs’ Last Spring: Groundbreaking Study Pinpoints Timing of Chicxulub Asteroid Impact
Groundbreaking study confirms time of year when an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth. A groundbreaking study led by researchers…
Human Blood Detected in Bright Red Paint on 1,000-Year-Old Gold Mask From Peru
Thirty years ago, archeologists excavated the tomb of an elite 40–50-year-old man from the Sicán culture of Peru, a society that predated the Incas. The…
Incredible Dinosaur Treasure Trove in Italy Rewrites History, Geography, and Evolution
A dinosaur trove in Italy rewrites the history, geography, and evolution of the ancient Mediterranean area. Italy is not exactly renowned for dinosaurs. In comparison…
Archaeology Mystery Solved: Strange Footprints From Laetoli, Tanzania, Are From Early Humans
Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape. The oldest unequivocal evidence of upright walking in the human lineage are…
Extraordinary Roman Mosaic and Villa Complex Discovered Beneath Farmer’s Field in England
Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK. A Roman villa complex containing a rare mosaic has been discovered beneath…
What Was Ancient Clothing Like? See One of the Oldest Pieces of Cloth in the World
What did people make clothes from in the Neolithic? Çatalhöyük, the world’s largest known Stone Age settlement, gives us answers after 60 years of debate….
Capuchin Catacombs: Solving the Mysteries of Palermo’s Child Mummies
The first ever comprehensive study of mummified children in Sicily’s famous Capuchin Catacombs is being led by Staffordshire University. Dr. Kirsty Squires, Associate Professor of…
Archaeologists Discover Almost 500 Ancient Ceremonial Sites in Southern Mexico
The discovery shifts researchers’ understanding of the relationship between the Olmec civilization and the subsequent Maya civilization. A team of international researchers led by the…
Rare Boomerangs Discovered in South Australia Reveal a Diverse Past
Rare boomerang collection from Cooper Creek (Kinipapa) analyzed. New research has analyzed a rare collection of non-returning boomerangs from Kinipapa (Cooper Creek), near Innamincka in…
Early Dinosaurs Were Social and Lived in Herds – May Have Been Key to Their Success
New research on a vast fossil site in Patagonia shows that some of the earliest dinosaurs lived in herds and suggests that this behavior may…
Fossil Treasure Trove Shows Complex Social Herd Behavior in Dinosaurs 193 Million Years Ago
Fossils indicate a communal nesting ground and adults who foraged and took care of the young as a herd, scientists say. To borrow a line…
Move Over Columbus: Europeans Were Already Active in the Americas 1,000 Years Ago
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries beforehand, although exactly when has remained unclear. Here, an international…
Genetics and Skeletal Biology Debunks Popular Theory of Native American Origins
Latest scientific findings suggest the ancestral Native American population does not originate in Japan, as believed by many archaeologists. A widely accepted theory of Native…
New Evidence: America’s First Civilization Was Made Up of “Sophisticated” Engineers
The Native Americans who occupied the area known as Poverty Point in northern Louisiana more than 3,000 years ago long have been believed to be…
Human Sustainability Challenges: Deep Roots of the “Anthropocene” Can Be Found in Tropical Forests
Tropical forests regularly appear in the news as the front line of climate change and human sustainability challenges. They are some of the most threatened…
Late Persistence of Human Ancestors at the Margins of the Monsoon Zone in India
The longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory, known as the Acheulean, appears more than 1.5 million years ago in Africa and 1.2 million years ago…
Bronze Age Mystery Surprise: Milk Enabled Massive Steppe Migration
From the Xiongnu to the Mongols, the pastoralist populations of the Eurasian steppe have long been a source of fascination. Amongst the earliest herding groups…
