Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Archaeologists discover ‘astonishing’ huge circular neolithic monument next to Stonehenge

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Yellow dots represent locations of the shafts, and the red circle marks Durrington Walls  (University of St Andrews) Site ‘offers us ...

Gigantic Circular Structure Found Near Stonehenge

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The circular structure (indicated by the black line) and 20 pits located along its boundary (in red). Image: University of St. Andrews ...

Scrap Stonehenge road tunnel plans, say archaeologists after neolithic discovery

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 A giant structure created 4,500 years ago has been uncovered 1.9 miles north-east of Stonehenge. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty E...

Third Neanderthal Genome Sequenced

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(© Dr. Bence Viola, Dept. of Anthropology, U. of Toronto) According to a statement released by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionar...
Sunday, June 21, 2020

French cave reveals secrets of life and death from the ancient past

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Grotte de Cussac cave in Dordogne, France  [Credit: University of Wollongong] Grotte de Cussac cave in Dordogne, France, is the site ...

Iron Age funeral site discovered on Solihull HS2 site

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Wessex Archaeology have been studying the site at Coleshill, Solihull WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeologists have uncovered an Iron Age fu...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Startling secrets within Irish tombs: Neolithic man buried within Newgrange was inbred as part of ‘ruling elite’

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Newgrange, Co Meath (PA) Ireland’s earliest Neolithic society had an elite ruling social class similar to Inca god-kings and Egyptian P...

Incest uncovered at the elite prehistoric Newgrange monument in Ireland

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A misty morning view of the passage tomb of Newgrange overlooking the Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland. Figure 1 | Newgrange passage...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

Schoolboy Cathal gets a hands-on history lesson with 4,000-year-old boat

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Ancient treasure: Cathal McDonagh (12) and his family help to retrieve the ancient longboat  he found in the inland lake A bored scho...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Early Iron Age burials discovered in France

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General view of the site with a circular enclosure from the Early Iron Age in the foreground [Credit: Philippe Alix, Inrap] Several e...

Butchery Marks Suggest Paleolithic Hunters Ate Large Carnivores

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Courtesy Piotr Wojtal) KRAKÓW, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that Piotr Wojtal of the Polish Academy of Sciences identified butchere...
Monday, May 25, 2020

Neolithic Skeleton “Lovingly Buried” in Fetal Position

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A “lovingly” buried Neolithic skeleton is offering archaeologists new insights on burial practices 4,500-years ago. The gravesite is lo...
Sunday, May 24, 2020

A 5,000-year-old mystery: recording rock art within the Dolmen de Soto

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The Dolmen de Soto from above, showing both the low earth mound covering the megalithic corridor, and the reconstructed entrance way besi...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Migration patterns reveal an Eden for ancient humans and animals

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An artist rendering of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain during the Pleistocene. Home to some of the richest evidence for the behavior and cultu...

Archaeologists uncover Iron Age tomb of woman adorned with jewellry

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Archaeologists are planning to excavate the tomb along with the woman's remains. (Inrap) The tomb of a woman dating back about 2700...

European Ice Age Hunters Ate Wolf Meat

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New study reveals that hunters during the Palaeolithic (approx. 30,000 years ago) ate wolf meat. Archaeologists excavating in the Czech ...

Homo Sapiens caused Neanderthal extinction according to computer models

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Using computer models, climate scientists from the IBS Centre suggests that Homo Sapiens are responsible for the demise of the Neanderthal...
Monday, May 18, 2020

Science Notes – Bridging the gap in London’s prehistory

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An aerial view of MOLA archaeologists excavating at Principal Place in Shoreditch – the site of the new Amazon UK HQ. [Image: © MOLA] ...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

Drowned Paleo-Agulhas Plain was an Eden for Early humans

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The Paleo-Agulhas Plain in South Africa had diverse, verdant ecosystems and abundant game for early Humans. In contrast to ice age envir...
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Study suggests remnants of human migration paths exist underwater at 'choke points'

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Artist’s re-creation of the first human migration to North America from across the Bering Sea [Credit: DEA Picture Library/Deagostini/G...