DNA preserved in ancient cave sediments reveals how some Ice Age Europeans endured extreme cold,…
Browsing: Prehistory
Where ancient DNA rarely survives, antelope protein preserved with ochre pigment offers clues to the…
Ancient tooth proteins raise the possibility that Homo naledi, an extinct human relative, reserved a…
Ancient DNA from cave walls offers clues to prehistoric visitors’ sex and ancestry, potentially allowing…
Survivors of Japan’s ancient volcanic catastrophe may have found a lifeline along the coast, where…
An analysis of roughly 500 spear points suggests that inherited knowledge of stone deposits helped…
Carbon-14 dates show that people repeatedly occupied high Pyrenean landscapes throughout the Holocene. The high…
Archaeologists at the University of Tübingen identified a unique signature in miniature works of Ice…
The exhibition reveals how prehistoric communities lived, adapted, and left traces across the Trent Valley.…
A Catalan rock shelter preserves a rare record of the transition from hunter-gathering to farming.…
Scandinavian museums use Viking history to negotiate the tension between popular myths, archaeological evidence, and…
Mediterranean soil chemistry may have caused archaeologists to overidentify olive oil in ancient pottery. For…
A new analysis detected hidden charcoal in black cave paintings at Font-de-Gaume, allowing scientists to…
Rare charcoal fragments from an ancient lakeshore campsite are offering new clues about fire use,…
A prehistoric Pyrenees cave may have been an early copper-processing camp repeatedly used for thousands…
Clay ornaments created 15,000 years ago show that symbolic expression began before agriculture. Evidence suggests…
A reconstructed Bronze Age loom from Cabezo Redondo reveals advanced textile production, including potential early…
New findings from Chile challenge a foundational idea about the earliest settlement of the Americas.…