Unveiling Japan’s ancient practice of cranial modification: the case of the Hirota people in Tanegashima; the study is published on PLoS ONE
China’s oldest water pipes, forming the earliest ceramic drainage system, were found at the neolithic walled site of Pingliangtai and were a communal effort, according to a new study published in Nature Water
An extreme glacial cooling event around 1.1 million years ago challenges the idea of continuous early human occupation of Europe
Linguistics and genetics combine to suggest a new hybrid hypothesis for the origin of the Indo-European languages
ROAD, the ROCEEH Out of Africa Database (“The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans”), with 2,400 prehistoric sites
The excavation campaign 2023 has just finished at the Cova Gran site, researchers are working on 3D models of the terrain in La Noguera where Linya died 14,000 years ago
Necklace from child’s grave reveals complex ancient culture at the Neolithic village of Ba’ja in Jordan; the study is published in PLoS ONE
Another step forward in radiocarbon dating: a high precision record of atmospheric radiocarbon shifts beyond 14,000 calendar years BP
Family trees from the European Neolithic: scientists gain insights into the social behaviour of a Neolithic community
PKU researchers reconstructed how the clay tiles from Qiaocun formed the earliest known composite-tiled roofs; the study is published in Scientific Reports