An elegantly carved saddle from Mongolia is one of earliest frame saddles; the study has been published in the Antiquity journal
Studying prehistoric production processes of birch bark tar using computational modelling reveals what kinds of cognition were required for the materials produced by Neanderthal and early modern humans
Ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick coming from the palace of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, in the ancient city of Kalhu, reveals a time capsule of plant life
Recent archaeological investigations in the Tollense Valley have unearthed a collection of 31 unusual objects of a Bronze Age warrior who died on the battlefield 3,300 years ago
The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gums, which are masticated lumps made from birch bark pitch
