Sunday, March 20, 2016

Ancient puppy's brain is 'well preserved'... as dog bares its teeth after 12,400 years

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Scientists revealed today that they have found the first-ever well preserved brain of a Pleistocene canid. Our exclusive video and pictu...

Warrior king uncovered at east Yorkshire iron age settlement

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The well-preserved remains were unearthed at a 2,500-year-old site in Pocklington, described as being of international significance ...

35,000-year-old carving of bird found in SW France

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In advance of the construction of the eastern Bergerac bypass route (Dordogne), the preventive excavation realized by Inrap at the open-a...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Ancient DNA identifies 'early Neanderthals'

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The relationship of the Pit specimens to other ancient species has been the subject of debate The oldest "nuclear DNA" from ...

Archaeological dig planned as metal detectorist discovers untouched Bronze Age burial mound

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Copper-alloy socketed chisel and fragment of a copper alloy dagger, found by metal detectorists at the site of the previously unknown Bar...

NEANDERTHALS: 20 PERCENT VEGETARIAN

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The collagen from the Neanderthals’ bones offers clues to their diet. © Bocherens Scientists from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evol...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

31 intact burials unearthed at large Mycenaean cemetery

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An extensive Mycenaean cemetery with 31 undisturbed burials containing numerous items of jewellery and several different types of ceramic...

The images of chimps thrilled me: do they show evidence of spirituality in the wild?

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A ritual with rocks observed in a study in Guinea has profound implications for our relationship with the animal kingdom  A young chi...
Friday, March 4, 2016

Travailler aux champs : la panoplie agricole antique de Saint-Clément

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Les archéologues de l’Inrap ont découvert une panoplie d’outils agricoles du III e siècle, dans la cave incendiée d’une ferme antique à...

Stone-throwing chimps leave scientists stumped by ‘sacred shrine

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Chimpanzees in the savannah of Guinea and the forests of Liberia have been captured picking up stones and throwing them at a tree as ...
Thursday, March 3, 2016

Neanderthals collected manganese dioxide to make fire

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Manganese dioxide is abundant in nature, and owing to their colour, these oxides have been used as pigments since the Stone Age. Some of ...

Why Did Ancient Europeans Just Disappear 14,500 Years Ago?

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The skull of a man who lived between 36,200 and 38,700 years ago in Kostenki in western Russia Some of Europe's earliest inhabitan...

More "Polish pyramids" - new discoveries of archaeologists

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More than a dozen hitherto unknown monumental megalithic tombs, have been discovered near Dolice (Western Pomerania) by archaeologists f...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Le cimetière allemand de Boult-sur-Suippe

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Une équipe de l’Inrap vient de fouiller un cimetière militaire allemand de la Grande Guerre. Ces recherches se sont déroulées en amont ...

Glanzstück der Bronzezeit oder Fälschung?

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Eine Tagung zur Goldscheibe von Moordorf  Seit einiger Zeit arbeiten Archäologen und Naturwissenschaftler an der Enthüllung eines G...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

World famous ancient Siberian Venus figurines 'are NOT Venuses after all'

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Close microscopic inspection reveals them as being far from idealised female forms.  Picture: Hermitage Museum New groundbreaking res...

Engraved Mesolithic pendant unearthed in the UK

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An 11,000 year old engraved shale pendant discovered by archaeologists during excavations at the Early Mesolithic site at Star Carr in No...
Monday, February 22, 2016

Neanderthals mated with modern humans much earlier than previously thought, study finds

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COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY—Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Using several different methods of DNA analysis, an international research team ...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Remains Found of 7,000-Year-Old Man Buried Upright

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The young man was buried in a vertical pit in a 8,500-year-old cemetery, one of the oldest ever found in Europe. A Mesolithic site i...

Bronze Age wheel at 'British Pompeii' Must Farm an 'unprecedented find'

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A complete Bronze Age wheel believed to be the largest and earliest of its kind found in the UK has been unearthed. The 3,000-year-ol...