Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
Fungi and lichens pose deadly threat to 5,000-year-old rock art in the Negev desert; those famous petroglyphs are at risk of destruction
A new study, published in journal The Holocene, adds to the complexity of the reasons behind the Cahokia exodus
With the help of carbonate deposits, researchers have been able to reconstruct the development of the Roman water mills of Barbegal over time
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
Repetitive tasks carried out by ancient Egyptian scribes brought occupational hazards, such as degenerative skeletal changes.
First case of Down syndrome in Neandertals documented in new study: research reveals that Neandertals showed care and support for the child
Updated radiocarbon dates for the Greek shipwreck Kyrenia: a new study establishes revised radiocarbon calibration curve, tests dates on Greek shipwrecks
A 600,000-year-old bone from Notarchirico, Italy, provides the earliest evidence of cave lions in southern Europe
Collective action problems: a discovery offers clues to the origins of inequality and social hierarchy in Sāmoa
Study challenges popular idea that people in Rapa Nui committed ‘ecocide’: inhabitants found Ingenious ways to adapt to a harsh environment
After the destruction by ISIS explosives in 2015, a new study argues for the urgent need to intervene in the restoration of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra
A white wine over 2,000 years old, found in a Roman tomb in Carmona, thus of Andalusian origin, is the oldest wine ever…
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
Archaeologists have been investigating human bones of 20 Celts, found near the ruins of the bridge at Cornaux/Les Sauges
All the people who lived and were buried in Barmaz necropolises during the Neolithic period had the same access to food resources
Ancient Syrian diets resembled the modern “Mediterranean Diet”; researchers analyzed chemistry of plant, animal, human remains to study historic food chain
Greek island of Aegina was home to a Bronze Age purple dye workshop; tools, ceramics, and snail shells provide details of Mycenaean dye production in 16th century BC
A new method to calibrate exploration with microcomputed tomography (MicroCT) using dental tissue, that will enable analysis of bone pathology and the variation of mineral density
Blood sausages and yak milk: Bronze Age cuisine of Mongolian nomads unveiled, bronze cauldrons were used around 2,700 years ago
