New approach measures early human butchering practices
Accurately measuring animal bone cut marks can help answer questions about human evolution.
South African discovery turns page in story of humankind
South Africa’s oldest, virtually complete fossil human ancestor is unveiled to the public for the first time in a completely cleaned and reconstructed state.
Adornments told about the culture of prehistoric people
MSU-based scientists: The adornments helped the scientists determine relative age of the people buried in Sungir.
First-of-its-kind mummy study reveals clues to girl’s story
Scientists use powerful X-rays at Argonne to answer questions about 1,900-year-old mummy.
First evidence for Julius Caesar’s invasion of Britain discovered
University of Leicester archaeologists suggest Caesar's fleet first landed in Pegwell Bay, Isle of Thanet, Kent in 54BC and constructed fort nearby.
Plague likely a Stone Age arrival to central Europe
The plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis may have first come to Europe with the large-scale migration of steppe nomads in the Stone Age, millennia before the first known historical epidemics.
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.
