Busy mothers did less breastfeeding in 19th century Netherlands. Study explores various factors influencing rates of breastfeeding vs. artificial feeding
Study challenges popular idea that people in Rapa Nui committed ‘ecocide’: inhabitants found Ingenious ways to adapt to a harsh environment
Painkiller or Pleasure? A team of archaeologists provides the first conclusive evidence for the intentional use of black henbane in the Roman world
Hunting of straight-tusked elephants was widespread among Neanderthals 125,000 years ago; the study has been published in PNAS
Evidence from Bilzingsleben, in eastern Germany shows that early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago, and had a varied diet than previously known
Early whaling, before the 19th century, was enough for at least two species to disappear completely from European waters
Analysis of a newly identified ape named Anadoluvius turkae recovered from the Çorakyerler fossil locality near Çankırı, Turkey
Earliest evidence of forest management discovered at the La Draga Neolithic site; the study was published in the International Journal of Wood Culture
The first Dutch exhibition about mummy portraits aka Fayum portraits opens at the Allard Pierson in October
Allard Pierson starts international research on twelve mummy portraits, two from its own collection and ten from partner museums in Europe
