Friday, April 28, 2017

Dog family tree reveals hidden history of canine diversity

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Genetic map showing how dog breeds are related provides a wealth of information about their origins. A new family tree of dogs contain...

Prehistoric human DNA is found in caves without bones in 'enormous scientific breakthrough'

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Becky Miller sampling sediment for genetic analyses at the archaeological site of  Trou Al'Wesse, Belgium  CREDIT:  MAX PLANCK IN...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

Listen to the experts on the Stonehenge tunnel

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Helen Ghosh, Kate Mavor and Duncan Wilson’s response to John Harris’s article about the Stonehenge tunnel ( Letters , 27 April) entirely ...

Digital App Brings To Life One Of Scotland's Key Prehistoric Settlement Sites

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A new online digital resource has been launched to bring to life one of Scotland's most important prehistoric settlement landscapes. ...

Uffington hill carving was worshipped as 'sun horse' in prehistoric Britain

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A huge prehistoric geoglyph depicting a galloping horse is traditionally thought to have been a symbol of ownership, territory or group ...

Indonesian ‘Hobbits’ Not Related To Homo Erectus

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The most comprehensive study on the bones of Homo floresiensis, a species of tiny human discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 200...

Primitive human 'lived much more recently'

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A primitive type of human, once thought to be up to three million years old, actually lived much more recently, a study suggests. The ...
Friday, April 7, 2017

Prehistoric cannibalism not just driven by hunger, study reveals

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Humans are less nutritious than other forms of meat, findings show, indicating complex social motivations may be behind our ancestors’ canni...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Geologists reveal how violent 'Brexit 1.0' separated Britain from Europe

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Bathymetry map of the strait of Dover showing prominent valley eroded through the centre. Note the rock ridge made of chalk in southern B...

Evidence of ancient 'geological Brexit' revealed

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The UK has now started the formal process of leaving the EU, but scientists say they have evidence of a much earlier "Brexit"....
Monday, April 3, 2017

A decorated raven bone discovered in Crimea may provide insight into Neanderthal cognition

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The cognitive abilities of Neanderthals are debated, but a raven bone fragment found at the Zaskalnaya VI (ZSK) site in Crimea features ...

Iron Age chariot and horse found buried together in Yorkshire

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The two Iron Age horses, once used to pull the chariot are examined on site by archaeologists  Henry Hayhurst-France/David Wilson Home...

Crete’s Late Minoan Tombs Point Way To Early European Migration

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Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have visited Rethymnon in Crete, to collect samples from the late Bronze Age Necropolis of Ar...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Evidence Of Craft Specialisation In Bead Production In Upper Palaeolithic France?

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The organization of bead production during the Aurignacian has significant implications for understanding the role of these artifacts in Upp...
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

400,000-year-old fossil human cranium is oldest ever found in Portugal

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 A large international research team, directed by the Portuguese archaeologist João Zilhão and including Binghamton University anthropol...

How a 400,000-year-old skull fragment hints at ancient 'unified humanity'

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The mix of traits on this new specimen found in Portugal has encouraged researchers to rethink their way of describing and classifying ancie...

Leopards Might Have Walked Alongside Neanderthals

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Leopards may have roamed across Italy alongside Neanderthals, a new study finds. Scientists analyzed an ancient, well-preserved bone d...

Geoff Wainwright obituary

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Influential archaeologist who helped to change the public experience of Stonehenge Geoff Wainwright at Stonehenge, the proving ground f...
Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Pollen adds to intrigue over Bronze Age woman 'Ava'

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A facial reconstruction of Ava was made last year Analysis of pollen found on pottery buried with a young woman more than 4,100 years a...
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Ancient skulls may belong to elusive humans called Denisovans

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Fossil fragments (yellow) were put together with their mirror-image pieces (purple) to visualize the skull of an archaic human who lived ...