A prehistoric thirst for craft beer
Evidence suggests that stone mortars from Raqefet Cave, Israel, were used in brewing cereal-based beer millennia before the establishment of sedentary villages and cereal agriculture.
Scientists Discover Oldest Drawing
The oldest known abstract drawing, made with ocher, has been found in South Africa's Blombos Cave.
Second Century Roman Watermill Not What Researchers Have Thought
New information about one of the first industrial complexes in history revealed.
Sicilian amber in western Europe pre-dates arrival of Baltic amber by at least 2,000 years
Amber from Sicily was traveling around the Western Mediterranean as early as the 4th Millennium BC.
Neanderthal mother, Denisovan father!
Newly-sequenced genome sheds light on interactions between ancient hominins.
Stone tools reveal modern human-like gripping capabilities 500,000 years ago
Research carried out at the University of Kent demonstrates that a technique used to produce stone tools that were first found half a million years ago is likely to...
DNA analysis of 6,500-year-old human remains in Israel points to origin of ancient culture
Skeletons buried in Israel's Upper Galilee reveal migration from ancient Turkey and Iran, Tel Aviv University researchers say.
Massive monumental cemetery built by Eastern Africa’s earliest herders discovered in Kenya
The 5,000-year-old cemetery near Lake Turkana is the earliest and largest monumental cemetery in eastern Africa and was built by an egalitarian society of mobile pastoralists.
Carbon reserves in Central American soils still affected by ancient Mayan deforestation
Finding underscores potential impact of soil management on future greenhouse-gas levels.
Dating the ancient Minoan eruption of Thera using tree rings
Research results show the eruption occurred in the 16th century BC, consistent with the archaeological record.
Easter Island’s society might not have ‘collapsed’ as previously thought
Analysis of tools used to make giant statues could hint at a collaborative society.
