Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years; a new study in Frontiers in Earth Science
Genomics and archaeology rewrite the Neolithic Revolution in the Maghreb, according to a new study published in Nature
The contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins — which were imaged using a non-invasive technique — are described in a study
An article published in Science shows the origins of donkey domestication Africa in 5,000 B.C.E, around the time when the Sahara became the desert region we know today
The pattern of North-South extinction in Hipparion ambiguum – an extinct genus of the Equidae family – is confirmed
The CENIEH in collaboration with CNRPAH leads a study reporting the discovery of the oldest Acheulean lithic assemblage found in North Africa, dated to about 1.7 million years
The CENIEH has used drones to assess how the landscape of this area in the Atlas chain has evolved, which is key to understanding human evolution in North Africa during the Quaternary
A new study answers questions about the origins of the people who introduced food production–first herding and then farming–into East Africa
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that prehistoric humans “recycled” discarded or broken flint tools 400,000 years ago to create small, sharp utensils with specific functions
A new methodology for comparing herbal medicine across societies can also be used to understand the transfer of cultural traditions
