Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports
PKU researchers reconstructed how the clay tiles from Qiaocun formed the earliest known composite-tiled roofs; the study is published in Scientific Reports
The Ivory Lady at Valencina was the highest status individual in an Copper Age society in ancient Iberia, according to peptide analysis
Specialization in sheep farming, a possible strategy for Neolithic communities in the Adriatic to expand throughout the Mediterranean
Humans’ evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago in today’s Kenya, according to a new study in Scientific Reports
Was warfare responsible for the fall of small-scale societies in Prehistoric Europe? The study has been published in Scientific Reports
The first prehistoric wind instruments (known as flutes) in the Levant have been found at the site of Eynan-Mallaha in northern Israel
Fossilized soot and charcoal from torches dating back more than 8,000 years make it possible to reconstruct the history of the Nerja Cave
The contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins — which were imaged using a non-invasive technique — are described in a study
The first direct evidence of ancient drug use in Europe, which may have been used as part of ritualistic ceremonies in Bronze Age Menorca
