A new study in the journal Science Advances turns to human skeletons to explore the origins of horseback riding, and cast doubts the Kurgan hypothesis
A new way of looking at tooth enamel could give scientists a path to deeper understanding of the health of human populations, from the ancient to the modern
Beneath the Brushstrokes, van Gogh’s Sky in the painting “The Starry Night” is Alive with Real-World Physics; a new study in Physics of Fluids
Restoration in the Temple of Edfu reveals traces of gold leaf, remnants of the colourful paintings and ancient inscriptions
Ice Age teens from 25,000 years ago (Upper Paleolithic) went through similar puberty stages as modern-day adolescent; a new study in the Journal of Human Evolution
An ancient Neanderthal lineage from Grotte Mandrin remained isolated from other populations for over 50,000 years—up until the species extinction
The theory of a violent invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in Late Prehistory, some 4,200 years ago, is now being questioned
The latest findings to shed light on the Neanderthals at Prado Vargas: over two thousand remains of animals and stone tools
An archaeogenetic study, published in Science Advances, sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain
A new study, published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, compared rates of violence in Viking Age Norway and Denmark societies
