Y chromosomes of Neanderthals and Denisovans now sequenced
Neanderthals had adopted male sex chromosome from modern humans that lived in Eurasia more than 100,000 years ago.
Stepping Out of Africa: Early Human Footprints in Arabia
Fossilized footprints provide evidence of a human presence in the Saudi Arabian desert about 120,000 years ago.
World’s largest DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t all Scandinavian
Invaders, pirates, warriors - the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across Europe and...
Did our early ancestors boil their food in hot springs?
Scientists have found evidence of hot springs near sites where ancient hominids settled, long before the control of fire.
Ancient earthquake may have caused destruction of Canaanite palace at Tel Kabri
Flourishing Canaanite palatial site suddenly abandoned 3,700 years ago; new evidence points to earthquake as probable culprit.
Tel Aviv University study confirms widespread literacy in biblical-period kingdom of Judah
Texts dating back to around 600 BCE were written by 12 different authors.
The oldest Neanderthal DNA of Central-Eastern Europe
An 80,000-year-old Neanderthal reveals cultural and genetic affinities between Poland and the Northern Caucasus.
The mathematical values of Linear A fraction signs
Unravelling number enigmas on ancient Crete.
Drone survey reveals large earthwork at ancestral Wichita site in Kansas
Results show possible council circle at what may be Etzanoa near Wichita.
New mathematical method shows how climate change led to fall of ancient civilization
Chaos paper by RIT Assistant Professor Nishant Malik applies method to Indus Valley Civilization.
How Neanderthals adjusted to climate change
German-Italian research project investigates different cutting tools from the Sesselfelsgrotte cave.
