Ancient Maya cities were dangerously contaminated with mercury
Exposure to mercury may have posed health hazard for ancient Maya.
The Anglo-Saxon migration: new insights from genetics
Genetic and archaeological study reveals large-scale continental migration into the East of England during the early Medieval Period.
Paleontologists at the University of Malaga reveal new data on the evolution of the hominid cranium
They show changes in the development of the dimensions, based on the analysis of four new hominid fossils.
Why do humans walk upright? The secret is in our pelvis
New study shows how pelvis evolved for walking upright.
Modern humans generate more brain neurons than Neanderthals
Researchers from Dresden uncover a greater neuron production in the frontal lobe during brain development in modern humans than Neanderthals, due to the change of a single amino acid...
Ancient Monumental Statue from Saudi Arabia on Loan to Louvre
A magnificent 2.3-meter-high statue carved from sandstone and presumably depicting an ancient Lihyanite king is on five-year loan from the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) to the Louvre Museum.
Chicken bones and snail shells help archaeologists to date more precisely
Destruction of the Greek town Tell Iẓṭabba in present-day Israel by a military campaign waged by the Hasmoneans, a Judean ruling dynasty in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC,...
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs
Identified by ancient proteins, fur was important as a trade and status item.
