Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
Researchers established a chronology for Dispilio, by combining radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology and information on cosmic particles from Miyake events
Oldest fortresses in the world discovered at Amnya, in a remote region of Siberia; the study has been published in Antiquity
Human remains at the Cueva de los Marmoles were subsequently manipulated and utilized, adding to a pattern in the Iberian Peninsula
Scientists zero in on timing, causes of Ice Age mammal extinctions in Southern California: a new study published in Science
Another step forward in radiocarbon dating: a high precision record of atmospheric radiocarbon shifts beyond 14,000 calendar years BP
PKU researchers reconstructed how the clay tiles from Qiaocun formed the earliest known composite-tiled roofs; the study is published in Scientific Reports
By analyzing DNA with the help of AI, an international research team has developed a method for dating archeological remains
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas, the Vikings got there centuries before, being already active in 1021 AD
New discoveries in the Altai Mountains show that agricultural crops dispersed across Eurasia more than five millennia ago, causing significant cultural change in human populations