An article published in Science shows the origins of donkey domestication Africa in 5,000 B.C.E, around the time when the Sahara became the desert region we know today
Sahelanthropus, the oldest representative of humanity, was indeed bipedal… but that’s not all! A new study on the subject on Nature
The famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit is one million years older than previously thought; a new study is published on PNAS
A study published on Trends in Ecology and Evolution explains cultural evolution in hunter-gatherer populations through social networks
A new study on the Journal of Maps reveals the impact of sea level rise on human groups during Mesolithic and Neolithic periods
Denisovans, a sister species of modern human, inhabited Laos by 164-131,000 years with important implications for populations out of Africa and Australia
Origin of domestic horses finally established. Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia
A cremation pyre pit in Beisamoun, Israel, represents the oldest proof of direct cremation in the Middle East; dates as far back as 7,000 B.C.
The recovery of distinctive fluted points from both America and Arabia provides one of the best examples of ‘independent invention’
By the end of the year, these 3D reconstructions of boats from the ancient port of Rome3D will be housed at the new Roman Ship Museum in the Archaeological Park of Ancient Ostia
