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.
Origin of farming not from a single population
New research changes views on the beginnings of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent.
The Ancient Workshop of Naxos
A promontory on the island of Naxos in the Greek Cyclades could hold some answers to questions about the passage of early humans and even earlier hominins through the...
Homo erectus walked as we do
1.5-million-year-old footprints provide window to the life of Homo erectus.
The first evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism in northern Europe is discovered
99 skeletal remains belonging to at least 5 individuals have been retrieved from a site in Goyet (Belgium).
Archaeology suggests no direct link between climate change and early human innovation
Cultural, technological changes not in sync with climate shifts at 2 Middle Stone Age sites.
Reconstruction of 12,000 year old funeral feast brings ancient burial rituals to life
One of the earliest funeral banquets ever to be discovered reveals a preplanned, carefully constructed event that reflects social changes at the beginning of the transition to agriculture in...
Rediscovering a Giant
Buried for thousands of years, the largest Mycenaean citadel in Greece emerges under the archaeologist's eye.
