A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic period in modern-day Syria
Prehistoric faeces reveal parasites from feasting at Stonehenge; a new study has been published on Parasitology
A new study on the Journal of Maps reveals the impact of sea level rise on human groups during Mesolithic and Neolithic periods
Rice cultivation has been recorded at the Neolithic site of Hanjing, about 8000 years ago; a new study has been published on Science China Earth Sciences
The genetic origins of the world’s first farmers is being clarified by a new study, published on the Cell journal
Stonehenge landscape, Blick Mead, during the Mesolithic period. A study reveals Stonehenge landscape before the world-famous monument
The colored skeletons of Çatalhöyük: new insights about how the inhabitants of the “oldest city in the world” buried their dead
Orkney experienced a wave of immigration during the Bronze Age so large that it replaced most of the local population, ancient DNA analysis has revealed
A study published in the journal Science traces the evolution of the hepatitis B virus from prehistory to the present, revealing dissemination routes and changes in viral diversity
For the first time, it was possible to map the trade networks for metals and to identify changes in the supply routes, coinciding with other socio-economic changes detectable in the rich metal-dependent societies of Bronze Age southern Scandinavia