Papyri Copticae Magicae: magical texts from Egypt in Coptic script and language are the focus of a research project, for the first time in a 600-page book.
Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction
Childhood vitamin D deficiency was likely prevalent during industrialization in England: the deficiency was indicated in the teeth of three-quarters of individuals, especially males
Homo sapiens already reached northwest Europe more than 45,000 years ago and lived alongside Neanderthals, according to three new studies
Researchers find indications of a patrilineal descent system for western Eurasian Bell Beaker communities: family relationships that link Britain to Altwies ‘Op dem Boesch’, Luxembourg
A wide-ranging review in the Journal of Comparative Neurology which describes the relationship between fossils and cognition following the tenets of cognitive archaeology, namely, by applying psychological models to those behaviors relevant to human evolution
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