Bones & DNA Tell the Story of Three African Slaves During Spanish Colonialism
Despite the infamy of the transatlantic slave trade, scientific research has yet to fully explore the history of the enslaved Africans brought into Latin America….
Despite the infamy of the transatlantic slave trade, scientific research has yet to fully explore the history of the enslaved Africans brought into Latin America….
International team of researchers, led by David Krause, senior paleontologist at Denver Museum of Nature & Science and longtime Stony Brook U. professor, discover 66-million-year-old…
The ancient cemetery of Mözs-Icsei dűlő in present-day Hungary holds clues to a unique community formation during the beginnings of Europe’s Migration Period, according to…
A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with colleagues from the University of Florida, provide the first evidence for diet and subsistence…
Radiocarbon dating, invented in the late 1940s and improved ever since to provide more precise measurements, is the standard method for determining the dates of…
New method of discerning sources of ancient feces makes this archaeological find far more informative. The archaeological record is littered with feces, a potential goldmine…
The discovery helps date the transatlantic migration to about 34 million years ago, around the time a major drop in sea level would have made…
A symbol of life, an ancient sundial or just firewood? Tree-ring scientists trace the origin of a tree log unearthed almost a century ago. A…
The discovery of the oldest known direct evidence of fiber technology — using natural fibers to create yarn — is reported in Scientific Reports this…
Contrary to popular belief, Neanderthals were no less technologically advanced than Homo sapiens. An international team, including researchers from the CNRS, have discovered the first…
New species named after Tolkien’s Aragorn hints at early southern evolution for these reptiles. A new species of Triassic reptile from Brazil is a close…
Research reveals surprising complexity of ancient ostrich egg trade. An international team of specialists, led by the University of Bristol, is closer to cracking a…
Griffith University scientists have led an international team to date the skull of an early human found in Africa, potentially upending human evolution knowledge with…
Our Direct Human Ancestor — Homo Erectus — Is Older Than We Thought An unusual skullcap and thousands of clues have created a southern twist…
New research led by the University of Kent has found evidence that human ancestors as recent as two million years ago may have regularly climbed…
Research led by the University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research has anchored a long sequence of tree rings, providing context for the civilizations that…
The journal Science has published a study led by the ICREA researcher João Zilhão, from the University of Barcelona, which presents the results of the…
Mysterious bone circles made from the remains of dozens of mammoths have revealed clues about how ancient communities survived Europe’s ice age. About 70 of…