Monday, April 30, 2012

Stone me! Archaeologists' new theory on ancient north Pembrokeshire site

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Rare finds have prompted archaeologists to rewrite the history of an ancient north Pembrokeshire stone. The Trefael Stone, a sched...

Human Genes Provide Clues to Rise and Spread of Agriculture in Prehistoric Europe

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D id agriculture in Stone Age Europe rise and spread through the gradual transfer and diffusion of the farming idea from agricultura...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Ancient DNA sheds light on spread of European farming

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Analyzing DNA from four ancient skeletons and comparing it with thousands of genetic samples from living humans, a group of Scandinavian ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Jeremy Deller's inflatable Stonehenge gives Glasgow a bounce in its step

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The Turner prize winner's bouncy new interactive artwork, Sacrilege, kicks off the Glasgow international festival of visual art ...

Where's the Beef? Early Humans Took It

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When human ancestors began scavenging for meat regularly on the open plains of Africa about 2.5 million years ago, they apparently took ...

X-ray may reveal Bronze Age secrets

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Specialist scanning equipment at a hospital's spinal unit is being used to shed light on early Bronze Age burial discoveries. The...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Did climate change shape human evolution?

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As human ancestors rose on two feet in Africa and began their migrations across the world, the climate around them got warmer, a...

Dartmoor Bronze Age burial remains X-rayed in Salisbury

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  The burial cist was excavated at Whitehorse Hill on Dartmoor in August 2011 Early Bronze Age remains from a bur...

Are We Sliding Backward on Teaching Evolution?

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Tennessee was the center of the national debate when it prosecuted John Thomas Scopes for the crime of teaching evolution. Now, 87 years...
Monday, April 23, 2012

Pre-historic remains to be x-rayed at Salisbury Hospital

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Nationally important pre-historic remains unearthed on a Dartmoor burial site are to be x-rayed by Wiltshire Council conservation exper...

Meat Eating Behind Evolutionary Success of Humankind, Global Population Spread, Study Suggests

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Image from Hands Cave, World Heritage in Patagonia. Carnivory is behind the evolutionary success of humankind. When early human...

How Humans Became Masters of the Earth

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Why is it that humans emerged from the natural world, yet we portray ourselves as modifiers of it, even its adversaries? Paleoanthr...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

Neolithic farmers brought deer to Ireland

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The origins of the iconic Irish red deer was a controversial topic. Was this species native to Ireland, or introduced? In a new study ...
Saturday, April 21, 2012

Salford scientists reveal the 'sound of Stonehenge'

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Whatever went on there, it would have impressed the ancient Britons. Even if it was only whispering. Bits missing. But ...

Swedish Stonehenge? Ancient Stone Structure Spurs Debate

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An ancient megalithic ...

Archaeologists uncover graves of national significance near Meigle

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A series of burial mounds have been excavated — thought to represent an ancient barrow cemetery — at Bankhead of Kinloch near Meigle. ...

Ancient graves unearthed in Strathmore

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A series of burial mounds have been excavated — thought to represent an ancient barrow cemetery — at Bankhead of Kinloch near Meigle.  ...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

One of earliest farming sites in Europe discovered

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University of Cincinnati research is revealing early farming in a former wetlands region that was largely cut off from Western research...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Penlee Museum shows Bronze Age necklace Penwith lunula

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    The lunula was believed to have been found in the Gwithian area A Bronze Age necklace found in Cornwall in the 18th ...

How I traced my ancestry back to the Stone Age

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I recently had a genetic test to find out more about where my ancestors came from. The results confirmed what I already knew - I am fro...