Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
After the Ice Age, people returned to the Swabian Jura around 19,500 years ago, 3000 years earlier than previously thought; the study is in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
First case of Down syndrome in Neandertals documented in new study: research reveals that Neandertals showed care and support for the child
A 600,000-year-old bone from Notarchirico, Italy, provides the earliest evidence of cave lions in southern Europe
The first direct proof of the consumption and processing of dairy products in the Pyrenees already at the start of the Neolithic period, approximately 7,500 years ago
All the people who lived and were buried in Barmaz necropolises during the Neolithic period had the same access to food resources
Kinship and ancestry of the Celts in Baden-Württemberg, Germany: genetic analyses of Celtic burial mounds from 500 BCE reveal close relationships
400,000-year-old stone tools designed specifically for butchering fallow deer, following the disappearance of elephants
New discoveries found in Iraqi Kurdistan key to the emergence of agriculture and first city-states: the UAB archaeological project
A study reveals the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild to domesticated over an astonishing span of 100,000 years, confirming that China is the birthplace of rice (Oryza sativa)
