Friday, October 30, 2020

How dogs tracked their humans across the ancient world

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Libyan rock art that may date back 7000 years depicts a hunter and his dog.  JOE AND CLAIR CARNEGIE/LIBYAN SOUP/GETTY IMAGES Sometime toward...

Five distinct types of dog existed by end of last ice age, study finds

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While DNA from modern European dogs has contributed to breeds around the world, traces of other ice age groups remain, including in chihuahu...

Archaeologists reveal human resilience in the face of climate change in ancient Turkey

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Microscope image of Iron Age oak twig from Tell Tayinat in Hatay, Turkey. Credit: Brita Lorentzen An examination of two documented periods o...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

CBA Festival of Archaeology

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  The Council of British Archaeology’s Festival of Archaeology runs from 24 October to 1 November.  The situation with the Corona Virus mean...
Friday, October 23, 2020

Archaeologists strike gold on Crete

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“I feel this year’s findings have been a vindication for [Yannis A.] Sakellarakis. He always claimed – and I did not believe it at the time ...

Surprising leap in ancient human technology tied to environmental upheaval

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  IMAGES FROM HUMAN ORIGINS PROGRAM, SMITHSONIAN For 700,000 years, our species’ ancient relatives in East Africa led rather stable lives, r...

East Africa Sediment Core Offers Human Evolution Clues

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  (Human Origins Program, Smithsonian) Human Origins Program, Smithsonian)WASHINGTON, D.C.—According to a Science News report, a 450-foot-lo...

Skull found of 5,000-year-old man who had ancient brain surgery with stone 'scalpel'

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  The skull bore signs of an ancient form of surgery (Image: Darya Veselkova) Archaeologists have unearthed the skull of a man who underwent...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

Ancient hunters stayed in frozen Northern Europe rather than migrating to warmer areas, evidence from Arctic fox bones shows

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  The jaw of an arctic fox which shows signs of being killed by hunters Ancient hunters stayed in the coldest part of Northern Europe rather...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Fossil footprints: the fascinating story behind the longest known prehistoric journey

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  A section of the double trackway. Outward and homeward journeys following each other. Central Panel: Child tracks in the middle of nowhere...
Tuesday, October 6, 2020

New Secrets Unearthed at Minoan Palace of Zominthos on Crete

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The Palace of Zominthos, on Crete. Credit: Greek Ministry of Culture An elegant summer palace once belonging to the Minoan aristocracy at Zo...
Monday, September 28, 2020

How Neanderthals lost their Y chromosome

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  Neanderthals have long been seen as uber-masculine hunks, at least compared with their lightweight human cousins, with whom they competed ...
Friday, September 11, 2020

Bronze Age hoard unearthed near River Thames goes on display

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  A gallery assistant looks at a socketed axe on display during a preview of the Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery exhibition at the Muse...

Fingerprints help identify age and sex of prehistoric painters in southern Spain

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  A Neolithic schematic art painting in the Los Machos rockshelter  Photo: Francisco Martínez-Sevilla Fingerprints are not just useful for c...

When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us about the evolution of modern intelligence

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  Key physical and cultural milestones in modern human evolution, including genetic divergence of ethnic groups. Nick Longrich, Author provi...

The Oldest Neanderthal DNA of Central-Eastern Europe

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  Image Credit : Jerzy Opioła Around 100,000 years ago, the climate worsened abruptly and the environment of Central-Eastern Europe shifted ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2020

About 30 previously unknown stones discovered at Carahunge (the Armenian Stonehenge)

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About 30 previously unknown stones with holes have been discovered at Carahunge or Zorats Karer (the Armenian Stonehenge). Other stones...

DES TOMBES GAULOISES AUX PORTES DE NÎMES (GARD)

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À l'ouest du centre-ville de Nîmes, l'Inrap vient de mettre à jours des vestiges de l’âge du Fer à l’Antiquité ; sépultures, cham...

Europe's earliest bone tools found in Britain

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One of the oldest organic tools in the world. A bone hammer used to make the fine flint bifaces from Boxgrove. The bone shows scraping ma...
Monday, August 10, 2020

"Woodhenge” discovered in prehistoric complex of Perdigões

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Archaeological excavations in the Perdigões complex, in the Évora district, have identified "a unique structure in the Prehistory of...