The first analysis results now confirm that the dolmen in Tiarp is one of the oldest stone burial chambers in Sweden
DNA from coprolites, that is, fossilized feces, reveals ancient Japanese gut environment, during the Early Jomon period. The samples also contained evidence of bacteria and viruses
A new database of weeds that can help scientists understand how traditional agricultural systems were managed throughout history
New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative: in the Andes, between 9,000 and 6,500 years ago, diet was composed of 80 percent plant matter and meat played a secondary role
A new study shows Syphilis-like diseases were already widespread in America before the arrival of Columbus; it questions the theory that Columbus brought syphilis to Europe
All of Us Strangers, by Andrew Haigh: as a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past
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
An Interview with Amelia Milo, the young soprano who portrayed Christine, the female lead in the Phantom of the Opera musical
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
First ever scientific study on First World War crater at Hawthorn Ridge, the one that marked the beginning of the Battle of the Somme
A monumental structure, that evidence suggests belonged to a Roman temple that dates to Constantine’s period, has been discovered in Spello
Measuring the magnetic field recorded in burnt bricks corroborates the conquest of the Philistine city of Gath by King Hazael of Aram-Damascus, as recorded by the Book of Kings 2
