Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral was historical first in using iron reinforcements in the 12th century; 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
Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France; the study is on Science Advances
In the Neanderthal site of Combe-Grenal, France, hunting strategies were unaffected by changing climate; the study is published in PLOS ONE
She wants to know how we talk about dying: Anna Elsner studies how literature addresses and shapes the role of dying in society
European Middle Pleistocene populations had similar dental traits, suggesting that the settlement of Europe was the product of intermittent dispersals into Europe from a “mother” population
Sahelanthropus, the oldest representative of humanity, was indeed bipedal… but that’s not all! A new study on the subject on Nature
British Museum announces major exhibition on hieroglyphs, 200 years after the language was deciphered
A unique sword casts new light on Viking voyages across the North Sea; only about 20 such swords have been found in Norway
An Age-Old Story: Farmers against Pests, as early as the Neolithic period, pests posed a threat to agricultural yields