A new study uses dendrochronology and historical survey to investigate the effects of societal and demographic changes on forest disturbances in Amazonia
Seven remains of antler mining tools were found in the quarry of Pozarrate, one of Spain’s most important Neolithic flint mining operations
New findings reveal that hunter-gatherers took to farming already 5,000 years ago in eastern Sweden, and on the Aland Islands, located on the southwest coast of Finland
The origin of Crocus sativus (saffron) has long been the subject of speculation and research, as this knowledge would enable to introduce genetic diversity
The reason that humans shifted away from hunting and gathering, and to farming — a much more labor-intensive process — has always been a riddle
Today, scientists report use of “X-ray vision” to gain brand-new insights about the layers of paint in rock art in Texas without needless damage
The work, published in Nature, confirms a dispersal of Homo sapiens from southern to eastern Africa immediately preceded the out-of-Africa migration
The first farmers from Anatolia, who brought farming to Europe and represent the single largest ancestral component in modern-day Europeans, are directly descended from local hunter-gatherers who adopted a farming way of life
Two studies, one looking at Iberian hunter-gatherers between 13,000 and 6,000 years ago and another looking at Iberian populations over the last 8000 years, add new resolution to our understanding of the history and prehistory of the region
A study of rat body sizes shifting over time gives a glimpse into the habitat of the hominin Homo floresiensis — nicknamed the “Hobbit” due to its diminutive stature.
