Popular Archeology

What Was It Like for Our Sapiens Ancestors to Meet and Mix With Cousin Species?

Between 50,000 and 35,000 years ago in Eurasia, the disappearance of hominin species or their biocultural assimilation with anatomically modern humans is one of the biggest questions in prehistory...

Wed, Mar 12, 2025

First burials: Neanderthal and Homo sapiens interactions in the Mid-Middle Palaeolithic Levant

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic Levant not only coexisted but actively interacted, sharing technology, lifestyles, and burial...

Tue, Mar 11, 2025

Advanced radiocarbon dating pins down the chronology of the Lapedo Child

Part modern human, part Neanderthal, this child is now dated to about 28,000 years ago.

Fri, Mar 7, 2025

How Mesopotamia’s Urban and Industrial Revolution Started Politics as We Know It Today

Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of modern life.

Wed, Mar 5, 2025

The standardized production of bone tools by our ancestors pushed back one million years

Wed, Mar 5, 2025

The first Bronze Age settlement in the Maghreb

UB researcher leads discovery of great significance for the history of Africa and the Mediterranean.

Tue, Mar 4, 2025

Vesuvian ash cloud turned brain to glass

A super-heated ash cloud from Vesuvius turned a Roman citizen's brain to glass in Herculaneum in 79 AD.

Thu, Feb 27, 2025

Earliest evidence for humans in rainforests

Wed, Feb 26, 2025

Exploring Ancient Understandings of Meteorites in Archaic Societies

Wed, Feb 26, 2025

Ancient genomes illuminate Huns’ origin

Mon, Feb 24, 2025

Viking skulls reveal severe morbidity

Fri, Feb 21, 2025

Clues of advanced ancient technology found in the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia

Fri, Feb 21, 2025

Describing previously unknown aspects of Copper Age ceremonial clothing

Thu, Feb 20, 2025

The inner ear of Neanderthals reveals clues about their enigmatic origin

New study challenges the theory that Neanderthals originated after an evolutionary event that implied the loss of part of their genetic diversity.

Thu, Feb 20, 2025

Are we still primitive? How ancient survival instincts shape modern power struggles

Mon, Feb 17, 2025

How We Distribute Power Will Influence Our Future

As we head into a future shaped by climate change, we must find ways to stabilize societies and reduce conflict. Solutions may lie in the archaeological record.

Fri, Feb 14, 2025

A Hunter’s Hypothesis: Ancient Mammoth-Bone Circles Were Smokehouses

A modern day hunter may shed light on the ancient mammoth-bone circles of Russia, Ukraine and Moldavia with a new hypothesis.

Wed, Feb 12, 2025

The Archaeological Wonders of Madhya Pradesh

In the Madhya Pradesh state of India, archaeologists and preservationists are uncovering and restoring a remarkable prehistoric, historic, and cultural heritage for the world to see.

Tue, Feb 11, 2025