Early urbanism found in the Amazon
More than 20 years ago, Dr. Heiko Prumers from the German Archaeological Institute and Prof. Dr. Carla Jaimes Betancourt from the University...
Nearly 8,000-year-old human skull found by kayakers in Minnesota river
A partial skull that was discovered last summer by two kayakers in Minnesota will be returned to Native American officials after investigati...
Archaeologists reconstruct ancient Aryan bow
A unique compound bow from the Bronze Age nearly 2 meters tall was reconstructed from authentic materials by SUSU specialists as part of an ...
Climate change reveals unique artifacts in melting ice patches
One day more than 3000 years ago, someone lost a shoe at the place we today call Langfonne in the Jotunheimen mountains. The shoe is 28 cm l...
Scientists reveal how seascapes of the ancient world shaped genetic structure of European populations
Trinity scientists, along with international colleagues, have explored the importance of sea travel in prehistory by examining the genomes o...
Prehistoric feces reveal parasites from feasting at Stonehenge
A new analysis of ancient faeces found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge has uncovered evidence of the eggs of parasitic ...
Study reveals impact of sea level rise on human groups during Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in Western Mediterranean
A study carried out in the area around the Pego-Oliva Marshland Natural Park, between Valencia and Alicante, reveals how the rise in sea lev...
Paleontologists have discovered the jaws of a rare bear in Taurida Cave
A group of paleontologists, included researchers from the Ural Federal University (UrFU), discovered the jaws of an Etruscan bear from the e...
Previously unknown crocodile species lived in Asia 39 million years ago
Researchers from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tubingen have identified fossils of a...
Puzzling features deep in Earth's interior illuminated
New research led by the University of Cambridge is the first to take a detailed image of an unusual pocket of rock at the boundary layer wit...
Genetic predictability steadily erodes during evolution, new study shows
A critical goal in genetics and evolution is predicting the effects of mutations that may happen in the future and inferring the effects of ...
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