The Life and Death of One of America’s Most Mysterious Trees
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…
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…
Neandertals collected clam shells and pumice from coastal waters to use as tools. Neandertals collected clam shells and volcanic rock from the beach and coastal…
Until now, archaeozoologists have been unable to reconstruct the earliest stages of domestication: the process of placing wild animals in captivity remained beyond their methodological…
New research offers insights into the transatlantic slave trade on African ancestry in the Americas. The Transatlantic Slave Trade transported more than 9 million Africans…
The Mediterranean Sea has been a major route for maritime migrations as well as frequent trade and invasions during prehistory, yet the genetic history of…
Virginia Tech paleontologists have made a remarkable discovery in China: 1 billion-year-old micro-fossils of green seaweeds that could be related to the ancestor of the…
New archaeological work supports the hypothesis that human populations were present in India by 80,000 years ago and that they survived one of the largest…
In Quebec, gravestones did not come into common use until the second half of the 19th century, so historical cemeteries contain many unmarked graves. Inspired…