Did comet’s fiery destruction lead to downfall of ancient Hopewell? Researchers at the University of Cincinnati find evidence of cosmic cataclysm 1,500 years ago at…
Ancient Indigenous people in Peru had a unique response to the looting and destruction of their ancestors’ graves during the European colonial period, an international…
A research group analyzed the orientation of ancient Japanese tombs – the so-called Kofun – for the first time. A research group at the Politecnico…
New study calls into question the importance of meat-eating in shaping our evolution. Quintessential human traits such as large brains first appear in Homo erectus…
A world-first – or solar system-first – archaeological project has this week begun on the International Space Station. Led by archaeologists Associate Professor Alice Gorman…
New archeological study shows ancient connection between populations 3,000 km apart, and provides first direct link between climate change and ancient human social behavior. Humans…
Two new studies highlight technological advances in large-scale genomics and open windows into the lives of ancient people. New research reveals a major migration to…
In Bronze Age Europe many bronze objects such as axes, swords, and jewels were deliberately left at specific spots in the landscape. PhD research by…
A major new study of ancient DNA has traced the movement of people into southern Britain during the Bronze Age. A major new study of…
Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy, dispelling theory that they were bent on reusing old royal burial equipment. All the royal mummies…
Ancient human and animal DNA can remain stably localized in sediments, preserved in microscopic fragments of bone and feces. Sediments in which archaeological finds are…
Analysis of ancient DNA from one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Britain has revealed that most of the people buried there were from five…
Hunter-gatherers caused ecosystems to change 125,000 years ago. These are the findings of an interdisciplinary study by archaeologists from Leiden University in collaboration with other…
Working in a cave in Liguria, Italy, an international team of researchers uncovered the oldest documented burial of an infant girl in the European archaeological…
Ten thousand years ago, just after the last Ice Age, a group of hunter-gatherers buried an infant girl in an Italian cave. They entombed her…
Groundbreaking study confirms time of year when an asteroid wiped out dinosaurs and 75 percent of life on Earth. A groundbreaking study led by researchers…
Thirty years ago, archeologists excavated the tomb of an elite 40–50-year-old man from the Sicán culture of Peru, a society that predated the Incas. The…
A dinosaur trove in Italy rewrites the history, geography, and evolution of the ancient Mediterranean area. Italy is not exactly renowned for dinosaurs. In comparison…
