Thursday, November 28, 2019

Bad luck may have caused Neanderthals' extinction – study

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Scientists broadly agree that the Neanderthals died out about 40,000 years ago.  Photograph: IanDagnall Computing/Alamy Stock Photo H...

Siberia: 18,000-year-old frozen 'dog' stumps scientists

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Researchers say the animal could be a dog, a wolf or something in between Researchers are trying to determine whether an 18,000-year-ol...
Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Ice Age ‘puppy’ is found after 18,000 years buried in the permafrost

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It has been nicknamed Dogor – a pun on whether it is a dog or a wolf A perfectly preserved body found in the ice of the Siberian permaf...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

UNE TOMBE À CHAR, DES SÉPULTURES D’HOMMES ET DE CHEVAUX ET UN SOUTERRAIN À IFS (CALVADOS)

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Á Ifs, à l’emplacement d'un futur centre pénitentiaire, l'Inrap étudie une occupation humaine de plusieurs siècles, du premier âg...

UNE TOMBE À CHAR, DES SÉPULTURES D’HOMMES ET DE CHEVAUX ET UN SOUTERRAIN À IFS (CALVADOS)

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Á Ifs, à l’emplacement d'un futur centre pénitentiaire, l'Inrap étudie une occupation humaine de plusieurs siècles, du premier âg...
Monday, November 25, 2019

Early humans slaughtered by our ancestors were ‘first victims of sixth mass extinction’

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Like modern humans, Neanderthals are members of the Homo genus. They inhabited Europe and western Asia between 230,000 and 29,000 years a...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Cave lion figurine made of woolly mammoth tusk found at Denisova Cave

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Cave lion figurine in situ at the Denisova Cave in the Altai mountains.  Picture: Institute of Archeology and Ethnography The sensati...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019

UN HYPOGÉE DU NÉOLITHIQUE À SAINT-MEMMIE (MARNE)

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Une équipe d’archéologues de l’Inrap mène une fouille, sur prescription de l’État (Drac grand Est), à Saint-Memmie (Marne), en périphérie...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Research shows people made ropes and baskets during the Paleolithic era

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Santa Maira cave [Credit: Asociación RUVID] A research team from the University of Valencia and the CSIC has published a study that dem...

Iron Age DNA sheds light on Finns’ genetic origin

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Iron Age samples from Levänluhta, southern Ostrobothnia, trace lineage to Finland's modern Sámi population. Image: Jussi Mankkinen, Y...

Alpine rock axeheads became social and economic exchange fetishes in the Neolithic

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Alpine rock axehead found at Harras, Thuringia, from the Michelsberg Culture  (c. 4300-2800 BCE) [Credit: Juraj Liptak, State Office ...
Monday, November 18, 2019

Reidar Marstein – Our Local Hero of Glacier Archaeology

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Reidar standing at the edge of one of our ice patches in northeast Jotunheimen.  Photo: Espen Finstad, secretsoftheice.com. One membe...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

EMAS Archaeological Study Tour to Orkney

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EMAS Archaeological Study Tour to Orkney 14 – 23 April 2020 Guide: David Beard MA, FSA, FSA Scot The 2020 EMAS spring study tou...

Archaeologists unearth ancient settlement in SE Turkey

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An ancient historical site dating back 11,800 years was unearthed on Thursday in southeastern Turkey. Now part of the province of Mardi...

3000-year-old sword discovered in north-east Bohemia

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Credit: David Tanecek, CTK A sword dating back to the early Bronze Age has been unearthed in the region of Rychnov nad Kneznou in north...

Caithness Iron Age stone tower to be conserved

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Over the years Ousdale Burn Broch has fallen into a poor state of preservation CAITHNESS BROCH PROJECT An Iron Age drystone tower dam...
Monday, November 11, 2019

Frozen moss reveals fatal final journey of 5,300-year-old ice mummy

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Fresh clues have emerged about the final journey of a European glacier mummy shot dead by an arrow before his body was preserved in ice...

Archaeologists unearth ancient settlement in SE Turkey

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Sewer system dating back 11,800 years, over 20 architectural structures found in Mardin province An ancient historical site dating back...

Archaeologists unearth ancient settlement in SE Turkey

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Sewer system dating back 11,800 years, over 20 architectural structures found in Mardin province An ancient historical site dating back...

Archaeologists unearth ancient settlement in SE Turkey

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Sewer system dating back 11,800 years, over 20 architectural structures found in Mardin province An ancient historical site dating back...