Ancient DNA pushes the herring trade back to the Viking age; a new study on the subject has been published on PNAS
New analysis of obsidian blades reveals dynamic Neolithic social networks; the study has been published on PNAS
Researchers have shown that the Neanderthals at the Gabasa site in Spain appear to have been carnivores; the study is published on PNAS
New research reveals that among ancient Mayas, cacao was not a food exclusive to the elite, but was important — and common — to all
The famous Sterkfontein Caves deposit is one million years older than previously thought; a new study is published on PNAS
First Australians ate giant eggs of huge flightless birds, Genyornis newtoni, as confirmed by the proteins, preserved by the shells
A new research confirms that Powars II, an eastern Wyoming Paleoindian site is Americas’ Oldest Mine; the study has been published on PNAS
Researchers home in on Thera volcano eruption date, as they find that the eruption in 1628 B.C. was due to the Alaskan volcano Aniakchak II
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 new archaeological site in Ethiopia shows that the origins of stone tool production are older than 2.58 million years ago
