Archaeologists excavate a Late Bronze Age settlement in Portugal
Significant defensive structures and other features and artifacts are shedding light on a little-known Bronze Age culture.
Archaeology team makes unprecedented tool discovery
A research team working in Jordan has discovered the residual remains of butchered animals on stone tools used 250,000 years ago.
Studies provide new insight on Cahokia
Cahokia not a male warrior dominated society, as previously thought.
Geological Data Provide Support for Legendary Chinese Flood
The discovery shifts the timeline and supports the historicity of the beginnings of a great early Chinese dynasty almost 4,000 years ago.
Population boom preceded early farming
Analysis backs eastern North America plant domestication theory.
Earliest evidence of cancer in human fossil record discovered
Cancer on a Paleo-diet? Ask someone who lived 1.7 million years ago.
Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Genetic History of Near East at Dawn of Agriculture
Study Includes DNA Sample Drawn from 10,000 Year-Old Specimen from the Penn Museum.
The Ancient Workshop of Naxos
A promontory on the island of Naxos in the Greek Cyclades could hold some answers to questions about the passage of early humans and even earlier hominins through the...
Homo erectus walked as we do
1.5-million-year-old footprints provide window to the life of Homo erectus.
The first evidence of Neanderthal cannibalism in northern Europe is discovered
99 skeletal remains belonging to at least 5 individuals have been retrieved from a site in Goyet (Belgium).
Archaeology suggests no direct link between climate change and early human innovation
Cultural, technological changes not in sync with climate shifts at 2 Middle Stone Age sites.
Reconstruction of 12,000 year old funeral feast brings ancient burial rituals to life
One of the earliest funeral banquets ever to be discovered reveals a preplanned, carefully constructed event that reflects social changes at the beginning of the transition to agriculture in...
Fire discovery sheds new light on ‘hobbit’ demise
Scientists investigating the mystery of the 'hobbit's' demise find new evidence that narrows the time gap between modern humans and the Liang Bua hominins.
Found: The “Throne of Agamemnon”
Archaeologists say large fragment was a part of the Mycenaean royal throne.
