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
The Justinianic Plague began in 541 in the Eastern Roman Empire, ruled at the time by the Emperor Justinian I, and recurrent outbreaks ravaged Europe and the Mediterranean basin for approximately 200 years
Most amber inclusions are organisms from the forest. It is very rare to find sea life: a new study now reports the first known ammonite trapped in amber
Archaeologists have discovered traces of ayahuasca in a 1,000-year-old leather bundle buried in a cave in the Bolivian Andes.
The case of the Teanaway River: effects of logging show that human activity can significantly erode bedrock, causing geology to fast forward