Family tree of Moche elites in Peru
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Cover Stories
Restoring At-Risk Assyrian Cultural Heritage: Archaeologists Recover Remarkably Preserved Shrines from a Temple in Iraq
Water and gruel – not bread: Discovering the diet of early Neolithic farmers in Scandinavia
At a 5,500-year-old Neolithic Danish settlement, archaeologists found grinding stones and early cereal grains. However, the stones weren't used to grind the grains for bread. Instead, the inhabitants likely prepared porridge or gruel from...
Palazzo Vecchio’s Famed Map Room and Terrestrial Globe Restored Thanks to Funding from Friends of Florence
Butchered bones suggest violent ‘othering’ of enemies in Bronze Age Britain
Oldest modern human genomes sequenced
Genomes of seven early Europeans show they belonged to a small, isolated group that had recently mixed with Neandertals but left no present-day descendants.
A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans
Surviving Neanderthal genes in modern genome tell a story of thousands of years of interactions.
Archaeology as a Key Tool in Sustainable Land Planning: A Case in Point
New study reveals unique insights into the life and death of Stone Age individuals from modern-day Ukraine
Early collective ritual practices in the Levant
A 36,000-year-old Paleolithic ritual chamber discovered.
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Other Stories
Research reveals ancient Maya lessons on surviving drought
Huge variety of plant foods made their starvation unlikely.
Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
New technique means head lice can provide clues about ancient people and migration.
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years
Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy, dispelling theory that they were bent on reusing old royal burial equipment.
New dates for Viking trade
Solar flare throws light on ancient trade between the Islamic Middle East and the Viking Age.
Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought
Faroes Settled Well Before Vikings Arrived, Lake Sediments Show.
Mystery solved: Footprints from site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape.
Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties
Eruptions create sulfuric acid clouds in the upper atmosphere and can cool the climate.
A Child of darkness
The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species.
More than ceremonial, ancient Chaco Canyon was home, new study says
Early puebloans impacted the ecosystem around Chaco Canyon earlier than previously believed.
