Genetic Study Shows Early Contact Between Easter Islanders and South Americans
Researchers suggest the Rapa Nui intermixed with South Americans long before European contact.
Researchers Discover Prehistoric Human Habitation Sites in the Nefud Desert
Thirteen sites could tell a story of human dispersal and survival in the northern desert region of Saudi Arabia.
Archaeologists Excavate Roman Frontier Site in Romania
The site of Halmyris occupied a strategic position as an ancient Roman bastion on the edge of an empire.
Archaeologists Make Surprising Discovery at Neolithic Site in Scotland
A giant-sized Neolithic Era cow found as archaeologists excavated at the famous Ness of Brodgar site in Orkney.
Archaeologists Uncover Paleoindian Habitation in Upland Area of Tennessee
Continuous human settlement from at least 11,500 years ago unusual for an upland environment, say investigators.
Climate Change Influenced Early Modern Human Occupation of Moroccan Caves, Say Scientists
Study suggests prehistoric human occupation in the Témara caves of coastal Morocco fluctuated with wet and dry periods.
Artifacts of Christian Nubia Revealed
Treasures of the Nubian desert unveiled to the public in a unique showing.
Brain Evolution Study Yields Surprising Finds
Results have important implications for human and ape brain evolution.
Social Transmission of Tool Use in Wild Chimpanzees Observed
Research results have implications for development of culture among apes and humans in evolutionary theory.
Penn Museum’s Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials Launches in Fall 2014
Public invited to tour new facilities as part of museum’s
International Archaeology Day celebration Saturday, October 18.
Prehistoric Stone Tools Evolved Independently Within Local Populations, Say Researchers
Suggestion challenges the traditional Out-of-Africa human migration theory for new stone tool introduction into Eurasia.
Study shows early modern human settlement in Central Europe over 43,000 years ago
Stone tools found in Austria, dated to about 43,500 years ago, are suggested to have been made by anatomically modern humans who coexisted with Neanderthals in Europe.
New Large Stone Prehistoric Cutting Tools Found in China
Stone tools show similarities to Acheulean cutting tools produced by Early and Middle Pleistocene humans.
New branch added to European family tree
Genetic analysis reveals present-day Europeans descended from at least 3, not 2, groups of ancient humans.
Human faces evolved to look individually unique, says study
Facial variation evolved deep in our prehistoric past.
Kingdom of Kush Iron Industry Works Discovered
New techniques of "seeing" underground opening up a whole new world.
Research Affirms Evidence of a Key Alcoholic Beverage in Ancient Mexico
Known as pulque, it was an important part of the culture at Teotihuacan.
Mystery Surrounds Skeletons in Mass Grave
Additional dating tests planned.
Early Humans in Northern Saudi Arabia Were a Diverse Lot, Says Study
Archaeological site in the Nefud Desert shows stone tools reflected a mixed demography of early humans at the gateway between Africa and Asia as much as 125,000 years ago.
Study shows how ecology transformed through 6,000 years of Egyptian history
Ancient Egyptian artworks help scientists reconstruct how animal communities changed as climate became drier and human populations grew.
