Theory on how humans populated America is unviable, study finds
Study suggests more likely route for first migrations before 12,600 years ago was along Pacific coastline.
Archaeologists unearth early Medieval town in Azerbaijan
A walled town and a rich array of artifacts shed light on Medieval life in Azerbaijan.
Archaeology team makes unprecedented tool discovery
A research team working in Jordan has discovered the residual remains of butchered animals on stone tools used 250,000 years ago.
Studies provide new insight on Cahokia
Cahokia not a male warrior dominated society, as previously thought.
Geological Data Provide Support for Legendary Chinese Flood
The discovery shifts the timeline and supports the historicity of the beginnings of a great early Chinese dynasty almost 4,000 years ago.
Digging Irish History
Archaeologists uncover new finds, shedding light on the Gaelic people of the Emerald Isle.
Population boom preceded early farming
Analysis backs eastern North America plant domestication theory.
Earliest evidence of cancer in human fossil record discovered
Cancer on a Paleo-diet? Ask someone who lived 1.7 million years ago.
Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Genetic History of Near East at Dawn of Agriculture
Study Includes DNA Sample Drawn from 10,000 Year-Old Specimen from the Penn Museum.
Travel enhances chimps’ tool use
Chimpanzees who travel are more frequent tool users, with implications for human evolution, according to new findings published in eLife.
Genome of 6,000-year-old barley grains sequenced for first time
New data on barley domestication discovered.
Cave discoveries shed new light on Native and European religious encounters in the Americas
British Museum and University of Leicester-led research uncovers new evidence in Caribbean.
Reading the Unreadable
Two scientists, a particle accelerator, and the (once) indecipherable scrolls of ancient Herculaneum.
