Tree rings and strontium point researchers to the provenance of 400-year-old timber; the study is published in PLoS ONE
Large-scale genomic analysis documents the migrations of Ice Age hunter-gatherers over a period of 30,000 years
A study of the brain of the Homo erectus fossil with the lowest cranial capacity has been published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology
A Bronze Age well at Petsas House contents reveal the history of animal resources (dogs, cattle, goats, sheep) in Mycenae, Greece
Steel Was Already Used in Europe 2900 Years Ago, during the Final Bronze Age, according to a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science
New behavior seen in whales may be recorded in ancient manuscripts, which name the creature hafgufa and aspidochelone
Why are polders an important part of China’s water heritage? The study has been published in Planning Perspectives
Two high status brothers had access to “brain surgery” in Bronze Age Israel; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Scientists warn: when restoring historical paintings, be careful with polar solvents; as reported in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France; the study is on Science Advances
Scientists may have solved a Chaco Canyon mystery by hauling logs with their heads; they might have employed tumplines woven from yucca plants
In their search for silver ore, the Romans established two military camps in the Bad Ems area near Koblenz in the 1st century AD
Focus on silver screen stars and cinema-going, from the 1930s onwards, is now open to all; the project is led by Lancaster University
The Royal Opera House is delighted to announce that, this March, audiences across the globe will be able to watch Giacomo Puccini’s final opera Turandot
Back to the time of the first Homo Sapiens with a futuristic clock, the new Radiocarbon 3.0; the study has been published in PLoS One
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution releases rare video footage from the first submersible dives to RMS Titanic
2.9-million-year-old butchery site, Nyayanga, reopens case of who made first stone tools; the study has been published in Science
Descriptions and phrases used in the Revelation of John are similar in terminology to those appearing on curse tablets produced in antiquity and the associated sorcery rituals
The exhibition Gardens and Medicinal Virtues, Health and Beauty between Past and Present, at the Marciana National Library, Venice
Three straight years of severe drought accelerated the Hittite Empire’s collapse, according to a new research published on Nature