Sunday, May 29, 2016

Women In Southern Germany Corded Ware Culture May Have Been Highly Mobile

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Women in Corded Ware Culture may have been highly mobile and may have married outside their social group, according to a study published Ma...

Neanderthals Were Stocky From Birth

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If a Neanderthal were to sit down next to us on the underground, we would probably first notice his receding forehead, prominent brow ridge...

LA RICHE HISTOIRE DU SITE DE LAVALLOT NORD À GUIPAVAS

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L'In rap mène, depuis le 11 janvier 2016, une fouille préventive aux portes de Brest, sur le site de Lavallot Nord à Guipavas. Prescr...

Neanderthal stone ring structures found in French cave

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The structures were found deep inside the cave, so the builders would have needed fire to see  Researchers investigating a cave in Fra...
Saturday, May 14, 2016

'Stone Age Art' in Bavarian cave not carved by humans after all

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The Mäanderhöhle cave near Bamberg was previously regarded as an archaeological sensation. It was thought to contain some of the oldest ...

Bronze Age Burial Found in England

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EVESHAM, ENGLAND—Archaeologists surveying a future development site in England’s West Midlands region were surprised to find a Bronze A...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Two finds in one at Harray chamber

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County archaeologist Julie Gibson at the entrance to the underground chamber. (Archaeology Institute UHI) A prehistoric underground st...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Hominins may have been food for carnivores 500,000 years ago

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Tooth-marks on a 500,000-year-old hominin femur bone found in a Moroccan cave indicate that it was consumed by large carnivores, likely...

Neandertals and Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens had different dietary strategies

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This is an image of a fossilized human molar used in the study of dietary habits of Neandertals and Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens. Credi...

DNA secrets of Ice Age Europe unlocked

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  study of DNA from ancient human bones has helped unlock the secrets of Europe's Ice Age inhabitants. Researchers analysed the ge...
Thursday, April 28, 2016

Stonehenge may have served as a cremation cemetery

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Towering above the grassy Salisbury Plain, its eerie rock monoliths are steeped in myth and magical stories, yet despite decades of researc...

Historic flint axes found in Denmark

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The flint axes date back to the early Stone Age (photo: Viborg Museum) A pair of old friends have found the largest flint axes in Dan...

Researchers investigate world’s oldest human footprints with software designed to decode crime scenes

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Researchers at Bournemouth University have developed a new software technique to uncover 'lost' tracks, hidden in plain sight at th...

DÉCOUVERTES ARCHÉOLOGIQUES À TIGERY (ESSONNE) : LE PLATEAU BRIARD DURANT LA PRÉHISTOIRE

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Pr éalablement aux aménagements de la ZAC du Plessis-Saucourt par l’EPA Sénart sur la commune de Tigery (Essonne), une équipe d’archéolog...
Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Half of Western European men descended from one Bronze Age ‘king’

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Mass graves were replaced by individual burials for the elite in the Bronze Age showing a shift in social structure  CREDIT: PA  H alf ...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

The Archaeology of Anglesey

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The Archaeology of Anglesey 1 to 5 November 2016 The island of Anglesey has a wealth of archaeological sites of all periods. This  E...
Friday, April 22, 2016

3D print of Oetzi the Ice Man revealed

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One of three replicas of Oetzi the Iceman created for teaching purposes by Gary Staab, from resin and mixed media. Photo: http://www.staa...

Iron age man was as fond of Swiss cheese as we are

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Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that Swiss cheesemaking dates back to prehistoric times, paving the way for such delicacies as Gruy...

Bigger brains led to bigger bodies in our ancestors

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AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY—New research suggests that humans became the large-brained, large-bodied animals we are today because...
Monday, April 18, 2016

Headdress reconstruction throws light on hunter-gatherer rituals

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UNIVERSITY OF YORK—A research team led by archaeologists at the University of York used traditional techniques to create replicas of rit...