Scientists discover evidence of early human innovation, pushing back evolutionary timeline
Evidence of innovation dates to a period when humans faced an unpredictable and uncertain environment, according to three new studies.
Entomologist confirms first Saharan farming 10,000 years ago
An international team makes the discovery at the Holocene hunter-gatherer site at Takarkori in south-western Libya.
Barbed-point hunting technology’s early beginnings in South Africa
Archaeological investigation in Sibudu’s Howiesons Poort indicates the use of barbs in hunting technology.
Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba super-volcanic eruption ~ 74,000 years ago
Discovery at South Africa research site has implications for climate models and human development.
Three skeletons and a fiery destruction
Archaeologists encountered the dramatic remains of three ancient individuals in present-day Israel — likely victims of an Egyptian pharaoh’s military campaign.
Archaeologists unearth tombs in ancient Nubia
Tombs, steles, and lintels have just been unearthed by an international team, with largest collection of Meroitic inscriptions, the oldest language of black Africa currently known.
Crowdsourced family tree yields new insights about humanity
Researchers harness massive dataset to reassess marriage and migration patterns, longevity.
Archaeologist says game-changing new laser technology application is no magic wand
‘Boots on the ground’, says archaeologist Anabel Ford, is a necessary test for verifying the benefit of LiDAR, the new remote sensing technology recently sensationalized by the media as...
Ancient DNA reveals genetic replacement despite language continuity in the South Pacific
New genetic research reveals the complex demographic history of Vanuatu, explaining how Austronesian languages were retained throughout its history despite near-total replacement of early Austronesian-Lapita with Papuan ancestry.
Earliest known art in Europe confirmed. Were the creators Neanderthals?
Dating of four caves in Spain show artwork created earlier than 64,000 years ago, predating the generally accepted date range for the arrival of modern humans in Europe by...
Study identifies traces of indigenous ‘Taíno’ in present-day Caribbean populations
Researchers have produced the first clear genetic evidence that the indigenous people whom Columbus first encountered in the New World still have living descendants today.
An archaeologist, a mysterious ancient citadel, and a vanishing world
A pioneering archaeologist shows us the wonders and tragedy of a vanishing heritage.
Neanderthals’ lack of drawing ability may relate to hunting techniques
Spear-throwing may have given Homo sapiens better eye-hand coordination, 'smarter' brains, UC Davis study suggests.
No volcanic winter in East Africa from ancient Toba eruption
The super eruption 74,000 years ago did not trigger major environmental disruption that caused human populations in East Africa to decline, say University of Arizona geoscientists.
