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
The recovery of distinctive fluted points from both America and Arabia provides one of the best examples of ‘independent invention’
A genomic analysis in samples of Neanderthals and modern humans shows a decrease in ADHD-associated genetic variants
A study suggests that northern and southern Italian populations may have begun to diverge as early as 19,000-12,000 years ago, from a genetic point of view
A 8,000 year old structure has been discovered, next to what is believed to be the oldest boat building site in the world on the Isle of Wight
Researchers have studied the evidence of prehistoric societies in the Neolithic Period in the Iberian Peninsula from the perspective of gender
New research reveals that coprolites from Çatalhöyük have provided the earliest evidence for intestinal parasite infection in the mainland Near East
A new study answers questions about the origins of the people who introduced food production–first herding and then farming–into East Africa
The soil at the early Neolithic site of Aşıklı Höyük in Turkey offers a distinct signal for following the management of animals there