The Lost Secrets of Hazor: Researchers Explore Israel’s Forgotten Mega City
New research project investigates the resettlement history of the Iron-Age city of Hazor in Israel A new research initiative at the University of Oldenburg in…
New research project investigates the resettlement history of the Iron-Age city of Hazor in Israel A new research initiative at the University of Oldenburg in…
At the dawn of the Neolithic era, herding communities in the Southern Iberian Peninsula adopted various livestock management tactics, altering breeding, feeding, and migration practices…
New research shows that chickens were extensively bred throughout southern Central Asia from 400 BCE to the medieval era, and their spread was probably facilitated…
All modern non-African human groups originated from ancestors who migrated out of Africa over 60,000 years ago. How long did it take for these separations…
A new study combining genetic, palaeoecological, and archaeological evidence has unveiled the Persian Plateau as a pivotal geographic location serving as a hub for Homo…
Soft tissue preservation in the geological record is relatively rare, and, except where deliberate intervention halts the process of decay (like embalming or freezing), the…
Writing a commentary in the 50th-anniversary issue of Cell, Fu Qiaomei and E. Andrew Bennett, both of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP)…
Toba supereruption may have facilitated the dispersal of modern humans out of Africa and across the rest of the world. Modern humans dispersed from Africa…
Italian canoes exhibit the early development of sophisticated nautical technology. Over 7,000 years ago, people navigated the Mediterranean Sea using technologically sophisticated boats, according to…
Blood relations and kinship were not all-important for the way hunter-gatherer communities lived during the Stone Age in Western Europe. A new genetic study, conducted…
Scientists have linked the movements of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth with early human settlements in Alaska. Analysis of the mammoth’s tusk revealed a journey that…
Burial practices indicate that individuals with Down Syndrome and Edwards Syndrome were recognized as members of their communities For many years, scientists at MPI-EVA have…
A genetic study of a German archaeological site reveals that modern humans lived in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, overlapping with Neanderthals, and altering our…
Could a family’s obsidian blade be a clue to the expedition’s trail? It’s a small piece of obsidian, just over 5 centimeters long, likely found…
By analyzing ancient DNA, an international team of researchers has uncovered cases of chromosomal disorders, including what could be the first case of Edwards syndrome…
Used stone edges might help illuminate timber use by early humans. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica Stone Age tools and used them for…
The commonly used term “hunter-gatherers” for describing early humans should be revised to “gatherer-hunters” in the context of the Andes in South America, suggests groundbreaking…
A study led by the University of Otago reveals that humans’ preference for sweet flavors traces back to our early primate relatives. This research illuminates…