China’s oldest water pipes, forming the earliest ceramic drainage system, were found at the neolithic walled site of Pingliangtai and were a communal effort, according to a new study published in Nature Water
An extreme glacial cooling event around 1.1 million years ago challenges the idea of continuous early human occupation of Europe
Giant stone artefacts, including a Late Acheulean ‘Giant’ handaxe, found on rare Ice Age site at Manor Farm now Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent
A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor named Sponsian
Medieval mass burial shows centuries-earlier origin of Ashkenazi genetic bottleneck; a new study published on Current Biology
Rice cultivation has been recorded at the Neolithic site of Hanjing, about 8000 years ago; a new study has been published on Science China Earth Sciences
Neanderthals and modern humans diverged at least 800,000 years ago, substantially earlier than indicated by most DNA-based estimates
Abrupt climate change some 8,000 years ago led to a dramatic decline in early South American populations, suggests new UCL research.
The chrome plating on the Terracotta Army bronze weapons – once thought to be the earliest form of anti-rust technology – derives from a decorative varnish
