Finding a fourth strand of ancient European ancestry
A previously unknown "fourth strand" of ancient European ancestry has been discovered by sequencing ancient genomes extracted from human remains that date back to the Late Upper Palaeolithic period...
View ArticleUnexpected wood source for Chaco Canyon great houses
The wood in the monumental "great houses" built in Chaco Canyon by ancient Puebloans came from two different mountain ranges, according to new research from the University of Arizona Laboratory of...
View ArticleUniversity of Leicester archaeologists nominated for award
Burrough Hill, near Melton Mowbray is one of the best preserved Iron Age hillforts in the East Midlands and a popular visitor attraction but was poorly understood before the project began.
View ArticleRoman London’s cosmopolitan history revealed
London’s status as a global trading hub and melting pot of cultures dates as far back as Roman times, a new book reveals.
View ArticleOur immune systems boosted by Neanderthals
The mixing of archaic human forms played an important role in shaping the immune system of modern humans.
View ArticleTortoises part of human diet at Lower Palaeolithic Qesem Cave
New discovery at Tel Aviv University excavation of Qesem Cave reveals tortoises played a supplementary role in the diets of early humans 400,000 years ago.
View ArticleComplete Bronze Age wheel uncovered at Must Farm
Archaeologists have discovered the largest and most complete Bronze Age wheel, the earliest example of its kind, in Britain.
View ArticleGenetics reveal 50,000 years of independent history of aboriginal Australian...
Scientists worked with aboriginal Australian communities to explore their heritage.
View Article1.8 million year-old habitat pieced together for the first time
Scientists have pieced together an early human habitat for the first time, and life was no picnic 1.8 million years ago.
View ArticleAnatolian hunter-gatherers began to farm before European migration
Clusters of hunter-gatherers spent much of the late Stone Age working out the basics of farming on the fertile lands of what is now Turkey before taking this knowledge to Europe.
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