Hunting of straight-tusked elephants was widespread among Neanderthals 125,000 years ago; the study has been published in PNAS
Evidence from Bilzingsleben, in eastern Germany shows that early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago, and had a varied diet than previously known
A 3,800-year-old extended family from the “Nepluyevsky” kurgan; 32 individuals from the burial site in the southern Ural region show patrilineality and patrilocality
Lost since 1362: Researchers discover the church of the sunken medieval trading place of Rungholt, in the North Frisian Wadden Sea in Germany
Descriptions and phrases used in the Revelation of John are similar in terminology to those appearing on curse tablets produced in antiquity and the associated sorcery rituals
Neanderthals hunted elephants: Earliest evidence found of humans killing elephants for food; the study is published in Science Advances
Mainz University contributes to recent discovery of the temple of Poseidon located at the Kleidi site near Samikon in Greece
Early-career archaeologists are pessimistic about future careers; the study has been published in the European Journal of Archaeology
International team of leading Israeli universities finds oldest evidence of the controlled use of fire to cook food at Gesher Benot Ya’aqob
Archaeologists uncover ancient mosaics on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, in the area in which the caliph’s palace of Khirbat al-Minya was built
