University of Tübingen computational linguist investigates kinships of the Tupí-Guaraní language family using methods from molecular biology
Oldest architectural plans detail desert kites, prehistoric mega structures; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Health consequences of child labor in 19th century England: skeletal remains provide insights into the harm of poverty and forced labor in children
The geochemistry of copper artefacts reveals changes in distribution networks across prehistoric Europe, according to a study published in PLoS ONE
Archaeologists map Red Lily Lagoon, the hidden Northern Territory landscape where first Australians lived more than 60,000 years ago
Stone tools tell a story of three waves of migration of the earliest Homo sapiens into Europe, according to a new study published in PLoS ONE
Study of the oldest human remains — the so-called “Archaic” or “Pre-Arawak” people — from Puerto Rico reveal a complex cultural landscape since 1800BC.
Coastal erosion threatening archaeological sites on the Cyrenaican coast, Libya; the study has been published on PLoS ONE
Early crop plants were more plastic and easily ‘tamed’: new perspectives on plant domestication are shown in a study published in PLoS ONE
Germany was the principle source of brass for production of pre-18th Century manillas and, ultimately, the Benin Bronzes