Bronze Age diet and farming strategy reconstructed using integrative isotope analysis
Cross-sectional study suggests similar diets but different management of livestock among communities and a larger share of animal protein restricted to very few members of the elite.
How millets sustained Mongolia’s empires
Stable isotope analyses reveals dramatic diet diversification at the onset of the steppe's earliest empires.
Each Mediterranean island has its own genetic pattern
Researchers reconstruct migration movements through ancient DNA.
Human populations survived the Toba volcanic super-eruption 74,000 years ago
New archaeological work supports the hypothesis that human populations were present in India by 80,000 years ago and that they survived one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the...
Earliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered
Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestors interbred with a distantly related hominin 700,000 years ago.
Cognitive experiments give a glimpse into the ancient mind
New study shed light on some of the earliest examples of human symbolic behavior: Ancient engravings were likely produced with aesthetic intent and marked group identity.
New study results consistent with dog domestication during ice age
A research team performed dental microwear analysis on canid fossils from a Paleolithic site in the Czech Republic.
Ancient plant foods discovered in Arnhem Land, Australia
Plant foods eaten by humans in Australia 65,000 years ago.
Archaeologists unearth letter from biblical era
Hebrew University team unearths Canaanite temple at Lachish; find gold artifacts, cultic figurines, and oldest known etching of Hebrew letter 'Samech'.
5,200-year-old grains in the eastern Altai Mountains redate trans-Eurasian crop exchange
Agricultural crops dispersed across Eurasia more than five millennia ago, causing significant cultural change in human populations across the ancient world. New discoveries in the Altai Mountains illustrate that...
‘Ghost’ of mysterious hominin found in West African genomes
Recovering signals of ghost archaic introgression in African populations.
Oral traditions and volcanic eruptions in Australia
Geological study sheds light on early human occupation of Australia.
Easter Island Society Collapsed Later than Previously Thought
Rapa Nui society thrived and continued to build monumental statues, even after early European arrival.
