Decoding the Bronze Age: Scientists Unravel the Secrets of an Ancient Family System
32 people from a burial ground in the southern Ural region show close kinship relations – only the women came from other areas. Scientists have…
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Discovery of 8.7-Million-Year-Old Fossil Ape Challenges Long-Accepted Ideas of Human Origins
Anadoluvius existed nearly 9 million years ago and is ancestral to living African apes and humans. A recent discovery of a fossilized ape from a…
History Etched in Stone: Scientists Unravel Sad Story of Ancient Malaysian Rock Art
Researchers from the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, in partnership with The Sarawak Museum Department, have become the first to date drawings of…
Researchers Successfully Extract Ancient DNA From 2,900-Year-Old Clay Brick
The National Museum of Denmark is currently home to a clay brick from the palace of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, situated in the ancient…
Redefining History: New Findings Challenge Traditional Beliefs on Gendered Roles in Prehistoric Hunting
The experimental study was led by Kent State archaeology professors. A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State…
Culinary Time Travel: Ancient Cauldrons Provide New Clues Regarding Bronze Age Diets
For a long time, archaeologists inferred the uses of ancient tools by referencing written documents and contextual hints. However, when it came to ancient dietary…
Skull-Shaping Secrets – Scientists Shed New Light on the Ancient Practice of Cranial Modification
An international team of researchers has found evidence suggesting that the Hirota community, residing on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan from the late Yayoi era…
Scientists Successfully Extract Stable Antibodies From 800-Year-Old Medieval Human Teeth
A recent study has discovered that teeth may have the ability to preserve antibodies for several centuries. This could provide scientists with a valuable resource…
New Findings Rewrite the Story of the “Neolithic Revolution”
According to a recent study, the cultural exchanges and interbreeding between African hunter-gatherers, Neolithic European agriculturists, and East-Saharan pastoralists significantly influenced shifts in lifestyles, cultural…
Scarlet Secrets: Scientists Uncover Ancient Breeding of Scarlet Macaws
According to an analysis of eggshell fragments found at the Old Town archaeological site, scarlet macaws (Ara macao) were being bred in what is now…
Comet Catastrophe Debunked: Archaeologists Refute Claims That a Comet Destroyed Hopewell Culture
Dr. Kevin C. Nolan and a team of scholars refuted a paper claiming a comet explosion caused the decline of the Hopewell culture 1,500 years…
Europe’s Ancient Freeze: New Study Reveals Ancient Cooling Wiped Out Early Humans
Paleoclimate evidence indicates that roughly 1.1 million years ago, there was a significant drop in temperature in southern Europe. This climate shift likely led to…
Ancient DNA Reveals African Roots of American Cattle
While many associate cattle with iconic American imagery such as cowboys, cattle drives, and vast ranches, these animals were not native to the American continents….
São Paulo’s 10,000-Year-Old Skeleton Proves To Be Amerindian
A study, conducted across four distinct regions of Brazil, performed genomic data analysis of 34 fossils, comprising larger skeletal remains as well as the renowned…
The “Lost City of the Incas” – Ancient DNA Sheds Light on Machu Picchu’s Past
Who lived at Machu Picchu at its height? New research, recently published in the journal Science Advances, leverages ancient DNA to unveil the origins of…
Unmasking Ancient Aromas: Scientists Identify Composition of 2000-Year-Old Roman Perfume
A small vessel of ointment discovered in a funerary urn from the ancient Roman city of Carmo, present-day Carmona in Seville province, has allowed a…
Earliest Evidence of Wine Consumption in the Americas Found on Small Caribbean Island
Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the earliest documented proof of wine consumption in the Americas within ceramic artifacts retrieved from a tiny…
Solving a Paleontological Puzzle: Why Do We Find So Much Amber in Cretaceous Rocks?
New research delves into the enigma of the mass production of resin during the Cretaceous period, which led to the formation of amber. It emphasizes…
