Tool or weapon?
New research throws light on stone artifacts' use as ancient projectiles.
Tree-rings reveal secret clocks that could reset key dates across the ancient world
Trees which grew during intense radiation bursts in the past have 'time-markers' in their tree-rings that could help archaeologists date events from thousands of years ago.
An ancient Mayan Copernicus
Scholar says ancient hieroglyphic texts reveal Mayans made major discovery in math, astronomy.
Prolific grave finds in Cypriote Bronze Age city
Gold objects and richly ornamented ceramic vessels among the finds.
Theory on how humans populated America is unviable, study finds
Study suggests more likely route for first migrations before 12,600 years ago was along Pacific coastline.
Archaeology team makes unprecedented tool discovery
A research team working in Jordan has discovered the residual remains of butchered animals on stone tools used 250,000 years ago.
Studies provide new insight on Cahokia
Cahokia not a male warrior dominated society, as previously thought.
Geological Data Provide Support for Legendary Chinese Flood
The discovery shifts the timeline and supports the historicity of the beginnings of a great early Chinese dynasty almost 4,000 years ago.
Population boom preceded early farming
Analysis backs eastern North America plant domestication theory.
Earliest evidence of cancer in human fossil record discovered
Cancer on a Paleo-diet? Ask someone who lived 1.7 million years ago.
Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Genetic History of Near East at Dawn of Agriculture
Study Includes DNA Sample Drawn from 10,000 Year-Old Specimen from the Penn Museum.
Travel enhances chimps’ tool use
Chimpanzees who travel are more frequent tool users, with implications for human evolution, according to new findings published in eLife.
