Becoming human in southern Africa: What ancient hunter-gatherer genomes reveal
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Cover Stories
New archaeological study challenges the paleo diet, revealing humans have always eaten processed plant foods
Historical geography helps researchers solve 2,700-year old eclipse mystery
Humanity’s earliest datable record for a total solar eclipse allows scientists to derive accurate measurements of Earth’s ancient rotation speed and provides independent validation of solar cycle reconstruction in the 8th century BCE.
Mapping the Luwian Lands: How 483 Forgotten Settlements Are Redrawing the Map of the Bronze Age
New open-access database has revealed 483 Bronze Age settlements in western Anatolia, helping to redraw the political and economic geography of the Late Bronze Age.
Canada’s Indigenous Heritage Trail: An Archaeological Journey Best Explored by Car
Humans took two routes to reach the ancient landmass Sahul around 60,000 years ago
Famous Easter Island statues were created without centralized management
Model shows monuments arose from numerous independent working groups.
Logging in European Antiquity
Walking Through Time: Archaeology Trails and Heritage Sites in San Diego
Neandertal women and children were the victims of selective cannibalism at Goyet
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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.
