Two studies, one looking at Iberian hunter-gatherers between 13,000 and 6,000 years ago and another looking at Iberian populations over the last 8000 years, add new resolution to our understanding of the history and prehistory of the region
A study of rat body sizes shifting over time gives a glimpse into the habitat of the hominin Homo floresiensis — nicknamed the “Hobbit” due to its diminutive stature.
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest large-scale celebrations in Britain – with people and animals travelling hundreds of miles for prehistoric feasting rituals.
Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates
New research from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh indicates that even as a teenager the Tyrannosaurus rex showed signs that it would grow up to be a ferocious predator.
It is not very common to find representations of scenes instead of individual figures in Palaeolithic art, but it is even harder for these figures to be birds instead of mammals such as goats, deer or horses
A study by the University of Seville has suggested that life-cycle assessment form part of the decision-making process in heritage construction projects from their beginnings
Researchers examined the visual response of 113 individuals when observing prehistoric ceramics belonging to different styles and societies
By re-dating giant ground sloth remains found in the Pampas region, evidence is provided that humans hunted this animal at the end of the Pleistocene
A mass sacrifice at the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas (a 15th century archaeological site in Peru) saw the ritual killing of over 140 children and over 200 llamas
