Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore; the study has been published on PLoS One
The transition to dairy farming and horse husbandry may have fueled the rise of complex societies in Bronze Age Mongolia
The pattern of North-South extinction in Hipparion ambiguum – an extinct genus of the Equidae family – is confirmed
The rich archaeo-paleontological record of El Provencio exhibits stone tools worked in flint and quartzite catalogued as Modes 1, 2 and 3 (Oldowan, Acheulean and Mousterian), as well as bone remains from species characteristic of the Pleistocene
Several hypothesis suggest a link between the origin of the genus Homo and the climatic and environmental changes that took place in Africa between 2.5 and 3 million years ago
The recent results of the excavation of Figueira Brava (Portugal) now confirm that Neanderthals habitually used marine resources
A new study tells the genetic history of the domestic horse over the last 5,000 years by using the largest genome collection ever generated for a non-human organism
During the Great Depression, some unemployed Texans were put to work as fossil hunters. The fauna from the fossils make up a veritable “Texas Serengeti”
