‘Woman the hunter’: studies aim to correct history, the last one being published in the November issue of Scientific American
Radiocarbon dating meets Egyptology and Biblical accounts in the city of Gezer: new dates allow testing of proposed correlations between texts and archaeological remains
There is no proof that ‘Homo naledi’ exhibited cognitively advanced behaviors, such as intentional burial of the dead and rock art
Long-distance weaponry, such as spearthrowers, have been identified at the 31,000-year-old archaeological site of Maisières-Canal
San Juan ante Portam Latinam, in Spain, may offer proof of larger-scale warfare occurring in Neolithic Europe, 1,000 years earlier than previously understood
Cold War satellite imagery reveals 396 previously undocumented Roman forts in Mesopotamia, from western Syria to northwestern Iraq
In search of the last Neanderthals: The Universities of Bologna, Siena, and Haifa will conduct a new ERC-funded project with 13 million euros
Early whaling, before the 19th century, was enough for at least two species to disappear completely from European waters
Climate change likely impacted human populations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age; harsher European climates were associated with decreased populations and increased social inequality
Researchers identify the oldest pieces of Baltic amber found on the Iberian Peninsula: imports began over 5,000 years ago Baltic amber is a…