Is the Melun Diptych, 15th century French painting, depicting an Acheulean handaxe, an ancient stone tool used by hominins?
An extreme glacial cooling event around 1.1 million years ago challenges the idea of continuous early human occupation of Europe
The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge in the 7th century with the ‘Trumpington Cross’ has been reconstructed
Early toilets reveal dysentery from Giardia duodenalis in Old Testament Jerusalem, at the times of the biblical Kingdom of Judah
Three protracted droughts — each lasting between 25 and 90 years — likely spelled the end for Indus megacities, around 4,200 years ago
By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly contributed to volcanology, by recording some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions
Ludwig van Beethoven’s genome sheds light on chronic health problems and cause of death; the study has been published in Current Biology
Extreme drought from the 430s – 450s encouraged Attila’s Huns to attack the Roman empire, tree rings suggest
The CENIEH researcher Emiliano Bruner publishes a review paper about the brain of ‘Homo habilis’ on the Journal of Human Evolution
The Augustinian friars of medieval Cambridge appear to have been riddled with parasites, according to a new research
