Ancient barley took high road to China
Tiny grains, thousands of years old, tell story of prehistoric food globalization.
‘Sunken Cities’ will take visitors on deep dive into Egyptian art
North American debut of ‘Sunken Cities: Egypt’s Lost Worlds’ will be once-in-a-lifetime chance to see recently excavated treasures.
Researchers chart rising inequality across millennia
Findings have profound implications for contemporary society.
Archaeologists find earliest evidence of winemaking
University of Toronto team contributes to discovery of 8,000-year-old wine production in ancient Middle East.
Neolithic farmers coexisted with hunter-gatherers for centuries in Europe
New research shows that early farmers who migrated to Europe from the Near East spread quickly across the continent, where they lived side-by-side with existing local hunter-gatherers while slowly...
Archaeologists unearth ‘masterpiece’ sealstone in Greek tomb
The University of Cincinnati's discovery of a rare Minoan sealstone in the treasure-laden tomb of a Bronze Age Greek warrior promises to rewrite the history of ancient Greek art.
The Peopling of the Americas
Scientists see the coastal arrival theory as gaining momentum for explaining the first peopling of the Americas.
Researchers look for dawn of human information sharing
Team challenges accepted notions of cultural transmission.
How Neanderthals influenced human genetics at the crossroads of Asia and Europe
The region holds a unique position in the story of human evolution.
Older Neandertal survived with a little help from his friends
Despite deafness, missing forearm and limp, he lived into his 40s.
