Anglo-Saxon warlord found by detectorists could redraw map of post-Roman Britain
First burial of its kind in mid-Thames region suggests it was more important than previously thought.
Tracking Early Modern Humans in South Africa
A research team discovers new evidence in South Africa for what may be the earliest known footprints of behaviorally modern humans.
Modern humans reached westernmost Europe 5,000 years earlier than previously known
Discovery may indicate modern humans and Neanderthals lived in the area concurrently.
Exploring the Roots of Modern Human Behavior
An interview with renowned pioneering archaeologist Christopher Henshilwood on his discoveries related to the origin of behaviorally modern humans.
New funerary and ritual behaviors of the Neolithic Iberian populations discovered
Researchers from the University of Seville analyse two human skulls and the remains of a goat found in the Cueva de la Dehesilla (Cádiz, Spain).
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.
