Ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick coming from the palace of Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, in the ancient city of Kalhu, reveals a time capsule of plant life
An Archaeology project is to examine fortress community resilience in the transition from the Bronze to Iron Age at Dmanisis Gora, in southern Georgia
Written sources document that kissing was practiced by the peoples of ancient Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago
Emma Smith will give a talk in her hometown of Leeds as the University displays its own copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio and its journeys
Chemical and isotopic analysis of copper artifacts from southern Africa reveals new cultural connections among people living in the region
Ancient skeletons reveal the history of worm parasites in Britain; a new study published on PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Extreme fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen levels corresponded with evolutionary surges and extinctions in animal biodiversity during the Cambrian explosion
The dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within fifty years, a trend that will have implications for how we treat our digital heritage in the future
An exceptionally-preserved fossil from Herefordshire in the UK has given new insights into the early evolution of sea cucumbers: the Sollasina Cthulhu
