Despite intensive scientific analyses, the Centaur Head at the National Museum in Copenhagen, originally from the Parthenon, remains a mystery
What did people eat in Mesolithic Scandinavia? A new study of the DNA in a chewing gum shows that deer, trout and hazelnuts were on the diet
Our Homo sapiens ancestors were already living in the north of present-day China around 45,000 years ago, 5,000 years earlier than thought
Researchers have linked the travels of a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth with the oldest known human settlements in Alaska
Ancient cities provide key datasets for urban planning, policy and predictions in the Anthropocene; the study has been published in Nature Cities
The abundance of European insect invaders may be a result of deliberate introductions of non-native plants into Europe’s colonies
The discovery of immense fortifications dating back 4,000 years at the Khaybar Oasis, in north-western Arabia
New research has uncovered internationally significant rock art sites in Arnhem Land were far from random and instead “chosen” for the critical vantage points they provided
The strengthening of the summer monsoon played a key role in the dispersion of Homo sapiens from Africa to East Asia during the interglacial between 70,000 and 125,000 years ago
Reading genetic information of ancient Teotihuacans; Teotihuacan was one of the largest metropolitan centers in ancient Mesoamerica in the pre-Columbian era