Palaeolithic sea voyages to Japanese islands was choice, not chance
Palaeolithic people likely colonized the Ryukyu Islands intentionally.
African trade routes sketched out by medieval beads
An analysis of archaeological glass beads discovered in sub-Saharan West Africa brings to light the full extent of the region's international trade routes between the 7th and 13th centuries.
CU Anschutz researcher offers new theory on `Venus’ figurines
Investigators say humanity's oldest sculptures may be linked to climate change, diet.
Pyroclasts protect the paintings of Pompeii buried but damage them when they are unearthed
They may produce salts in artworks, the IBeA group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has concluded.
Archaeology: Neanderthal thumbs better adapted to holding tools with handles
Finding suggests new insight into Neanderthal behavior as compared to early modern humans in prehistory.
First exhaustive review of fossils recovered from Iberian archaeological sites
An interdisciplinary team from several Spanish universities and research centers has analyzed more than 600 fossils recovered from across the Iberian Peninsula.
Middle Stone Age populations repeatedly occupied West African coast
Excavations at Tiémassas, Senegal, indicate roughly 40,000 years of behavioral continuity, in contrast to other African regions over this period.
The microbiome of Da Vinci’s drawings
The microbial composition of art pieces can reveal interesting facts about their past and the journey they made.
Geoscientists discover Ancestral Puebloans survived from ice melt in New Mexico lava tubes
A lava tube in the El Malpais National Monument yields centuries-old insights of survival in the face of harsh climate change.
Ice Age Hunters in the Americas
New sites and finds are emerging that may radically change what scientists know about the timing of the peopling of the Americas.
Newly discovered fossil shows small-scale evolutionary changes in an extinct human species
Fossil cranium suggests environmental conditions drove rapid changes.
Population dynamics and the rise of empires in Inner Asia
Genome-wide analysis spanning 6,000 years in the eastern Eurasian Steppe gives insights to the formation of Mongolia's empires.
Many early big-game hunters of the americas were female, researchers suggest
Challenges age-old 'man-the-hunter' hypothesis.
