Neanderthals at two nearby caves, Amud and Kebara (Israel), butchered the same prey in different ways, suggesting local food traditions
Skull lesions in ancient forager-farmers likely indicate compromised immune systems, not infant-onset anemia; the study is published in Science Advances
The Song of Wade, by Geoffrey Chaucer: decoding a lost English legend, solving a mystery and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme
Interbreeding with Neanderthals may be responsible for modern-day brain condition, Chiari Malformation Type 1
Trade networks: the whole of the Eurasian demand for walrus ivory during the medieval period was heavily focused on Western Greenland
The Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine (CEMLM) shows that medieval medicine was smarter than you think – and weirdly similar to TikTok trends
The world-famous Girl with a Pearl Earring was most likely not commissioned by Vermeer’s male patron, but by a woman, the man’s wife
The origin and diversity of Greenland’s ancient sled dogs (or Qimmeq, pl. Qimmit), in a genetic study published in the journal Science
University of Houston archaeologists discover the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first Maya ruler of the city of Caracol, in Belize
Where did Stone Age hunter-gatherers get the raw material for their tools in eSwatini? A study in the Journal of Archaeological Science
