Climate change threatens thousands of archaeological sites in coastal Georgia. Modelling predicts combined impacts of sea level rise and severe tropical storms
Ancient cities provide key datasets for urban planning, policy and predictions in the Anthropocene; the study has been published in Nature Cities
Climate change likely impacted human populations in the Neolithic and Bronze Age; harsher European climates were associated with decreased populations and increased social inequality
Cranial traumas show dramatic increase as the first cities were being built: in the 12,000 years before antiquity, the share of violent death rose at first and then fell back
Mesoamerica a model for modern metropolises: a new study published on PNAS suggests clues to urban resiliency lie within ancient cities
Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes, Stone Age humans may have been more widespread across the continent
Three protracted droughts — each lasting between 25 and 90 years — likely spelled the end for Indus megacities, around 4,200 years ago
In the Neanderthal site of Combe-Grenal, France, hunting strategies were unaffected by changing climate; the study is published in PLOS ONE
Tracing the effects of Climate Change on Historic Cultures in Hokkaido Scientists from Hokkaido University have reconstructed the climate of Hokkaido over the…
Drought reveals a 3400-year-old urban center of the Mittani Empire, emerging from the Tigris River: archaeologists believe it can be Zakhiku
