Archaeologists uncover early evidence of brain surgery in Ancient Near East

A recent excavation in Megiddo, Israel, unearthed the earliest example of a particular type of cranial surgery in the Ancient Near East — and potentially one of the oldest...

Wed, Feb 22, 2023

Back to the time of the first Homo Sapiens with a futuristic clock, the new Radiocarbon 3.0

Wed, Feb 15, 2023

2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools

Discovery of stone tools and cut-marked animal bones in Kenya offers window into the dawn of stone technology.

Thu, Feb 9, 2023

AlUla exhibits the first known reconstruction of a Nabataean woman from the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hegra

Mon, Feb 6, 2023

Early human migration into North America along Pacific coast

Mon, Feb 6, 2023

The chemistry of mummification – Traces of a global network

Vessels from an ancient Egyptian mummification workshop in Saqqara are providing new insights into the chemical substances that were used to preserve human bodies.

Thu, Feb 2, 2023

First solid scientific evidence that Vikings brought animals to Britain

Wed, Feb 1, 2023

Straight-tusked elephant bones hint at routine hunting and butchering by Neanderthals

Wed, Feb 1, 2023

Mastodons were hunted in pre-Clovis times with bone projectile points

Wed, Feb 1, 2023

Penn Museum Researchers Uncover Ancient Tavern in Southern Iraq, Complete with 5,000-Year-Old Fridge

Fri, Jan 27, 2023

‘Golden boy’ mummy was protected by 49 precious amulets, CT scans reveal

‘Digital unwrapping’ shows that unopened 2,300-year-old mummy is showcase of ancient Egyptian beliefs.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023

Changing Paradigms for Sustainability

The celebration of a Maya gardener highlights how we need to change our thinking for a sustainable world.

Tue, Jan 24, 2023

Violence was widespread in early farming society, study says

Violence and warfare were widespread in many Neolithic communities across Northwest Europe, a period associated with the adoption of farming, new research suggests.

Thu, Jan 19, 2023

Marriage in Minoan Crete

New archaeogenetic data allow exciting insights into the social order of the Aegean Bronze Age.

Mon, Jan 16, 2023

Human evolution in the Holocene Epoch

Mon, Jan 16, 2023

Ancient Siberian genomes reveal genetic backflow from North America across the Bering Sea

Thu, Jan 12, 2023

Caribbean breadfruit traced back to Capt. Bligh’s 1791-93 journey

DNA, historical reports, morphological data connect breadfruit to its history.

Thu, Jan 5, 2023

New study reveals meaning of Ice Age markings for first time and finds evidence of early ‘proto-writing’ dating back 20,000 years

Thu, Jan 5, 2023

Analysis identifies stemmed point tools 2,300 years older than others excavated at Paleoamerican settlement

Fri, Dec 23, 2022

Drought encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest

Hunnic peoples migrated westward across Eurasia, switched between farming and herding, and became violent raiders in response to severe drought in the Danube frontier provinces of the Roman empire,...

Thu, Dec 15, 2022