The world’s first horse riders: researchers discovered evidence by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans
Archaeological study of 24 ancient Mexican cities reveals that collective forms of governance, infrastructural investments, and collaboration all help societies last longer
Tree rings and strontium point researchers to the provenance of 400-year-old timber; the study is published in PLoS ONE
Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years
A study of the brain of the Homo erectus fossil with the lowest cranial capacity has been published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology
A Bronze Age well at Petsas House contents reveal the history of animal resources (dogs, cattle, goats, sheep) in Mycenae, Greece
Steel Was Already Used in Europe 2900 Years Ago, during the Final Bronze Age, according to a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science
New behavior seen in whales may be recorded in ancient manuscripts, which name the creature hafgufa and aspidochelone
Why are polders an important part of China’s water heritage? The study has been published in Planning Perspectives
Two high status brothers had access to “brain surgery” in Bronze Age Israel; the study has been published in PLoS ONE