Less wastage during production of marble slabs in the Roman imperial period than today
Analysis of wall decoration dating to the second century A.D. provides new insights into marble extraction and processing.
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Cover Stories
Climate change may be accelerating ancient rock art degradation
Some of the oldest known rock art in the world, located in Indonesia, at risk.
Ancient Easter Island communities offer insights for successful life in isolation
Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues on evolution, health
Bronze Age migrations changed societal organization and genomic landscape in Italy
Archaeologists pinpoint population for the Greater Angkor region
Study designed at the University of Oregon provided a foundation that drew new information from lidar imagery, machine learning, archaeological and historical data.
Review: Most human origins stories are not compatible with known fossils
Fossil apes can inform us about essential aspects of ape and human evolution, including the nature of our last common ancestor.
Ancient DNA reveals origin of first Bronze Age civilizations in Europe
Findings shed light on role of migration in Neolithic to Bronze Age transition and emergence of Indo-European languages.
Fires Set by Early Hunter-Gatherers May Have Reshaped the Northern Malawi Landscape
The oldest human burial in Africa
Dating to 78,000 years ago, the burial was found by archaeologists in Panga ya Saidi, a cave site on the Kenyan coast.
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Other Stories
Multispectral imaging reveals ancient Hebrew inscription undetected for over 50 years
Military correspondence from the First Temple period discovered on reverse side of well-studied artifact at The Israel Museum, Tel Aviv University researchers say.
New research reveals earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa
Scientists have pioneered a technique to directly date prehistoric rock paintings in southern Africa, which revealed dates much older than previously thought.
Springs were critical water sources for early humans in East Africa, Rutgers study finds
Scientists show how groundwater-fed springs may have influenced human evolution.
Shared genetic heritage from Sicily to Cyprus
A new genomic study on southern Mediterranean reveals a genetic continuity across geographic and national borders.
Bonobos may be better representation of last common ancestor with humans
Study examined muscles of bonobos and found they are more closely related to humans than common chimpanzees.
Secrets of the paleo diet: Discovery reveals plant-based menu of prehistoric man
A collection of 780,000-year-old edible plants found in Israel is the largest and most diverse in the Levantine corridor linking Africa and Eurasia.
Bitumen from Middle East discovered in 7th century buried ship in UK
Presence of rare tar-like material may suggest trade between Middle East, British Isles.
Bone scans suggest early hominin ‘Lucy’ spent significant time in trees
Australopithecus afarensis arm bones were strong relative to leg bones; walking gait was likely inefficient.
A National Treasure Tells the Story of Hawaii’s Heritage
Archaeology meets the public at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum.
Neanderthal inheritance helped humans adapt to life outside of Africa
Traits inherited for skin and the immune system may have helped buttress survivability through the ages, new study suggests.
Middle Stone Age ochre processing tools reveal cultural and behavioral complexity
Range of ochre processing techniques produced powder of varying color and coarseness.
The Once and Future Cobá
Best known for its Maya ruins, today’s living community of Cobá is set to get a major face lift.
Study finds earliest evidence in fossil record for right-handedness
Teeth striations of Homo habilis fossil date back 1.8 million years.
