Initial Upper Paleolithic technology in North China 41,000 years ago
A wave of new technology in the Late Paleolithic had reached North China by around 41,000 years ago, according to a study.
New Raphael masterpiece discovered in the Vatican
The mural depicts the allegories of Justice (Latin: Iustitia) and Friendship (Comitas).
Early African Muslims had a halal discovery of thousands of ancient animal
Early Muslim communities in Africa ate a cosmopolitan diet as the region became a trading centre for luxury goods, the discovery of thousands of ancient animal bones has shown.
7,000 years of demographic history in France
French prehistory was punctuated by two waves of migration: the first during the Neolithic period, about 6,300 years ago, the second during the Bronze Age, about 4,200 years ago.
Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction
Only competition between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens can explain the rapid demise of Neanderthals around 43 to 38 thousand years ago.
Europe’s earliest house mouse… followed swiftly by the house cat
Scientists have discovered that the house mouse invaded European homes 2,500 years earlier than previously thought.
First fossil nursery of the great white shark discovered
Paleo-kindergarten ensured evolutionary success millions of years ago.
INAH archaeologists discover 60 mammoths
The team from INAH has been conducting a rescue project exploring 23 locations 6 miles from Tultepec, where mammoths were found in ancient pits.
Migration patterns reveal an Eden for ancient humans and animals
Pinnacle Point was as much of an Eden for animals as it was for early humans.
First exhaustive study of the Paleolithic site of El Provencio
The researcher Davinia Moreno has conducted the first exhaustive study of El Provencio, a Paleolithic site in the province of Cuenca.
The sparkle of the Acropolis charmed the international news media
The reopening of the Acropolis has received extensive publicity worldwide, as it is seen by the international media as emblematic of the ending of the lockdown enforced across Europe.
Arrest of 44-year-old man with ancient artefacts in his possession
A criminal case was filed against him for violating provisions of the law on the protection of antiquities and cultural heritage in general.
Oldest connection with Native Americans identified near Lake Baikal
Newly sequenced genomes from prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the region of Lake Baikal reveal connections with First Americans and across Eurasia.
Madagascar copal: New dating for an Antropocene ancient resin
The known Madagascar copal is a more recent resin from what was thought and trapped pieces in this material are not as palaeontological important as thought traditionally.
European Ice Age hunters ate wolf meat
New study reveals that hunters during the Palaeolithic (approx. 30,000 years ago) ate wolf meat.
Titanichthys, a giant armored fish was a Suspension Feeder
New findings suggest that Titanichthys fed by swimming through water slowly with its mouth open wide to capture high concentrations of plankton.
Extinct sea reptile swam in seas from England to Russia to the Arctic
A paleontologist visiting London’s Natural History Museum took a picture of an extinct aquatic reptile with selfie stick.
Almost complete 300,000-year-old elephant skeleton found
Archaeologists from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution have discovered the almost complete remains of a Eurasian straight-tusked forest elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) from a Palaeolithic site near Schöningen, Germany.
Development of teeth enables sex from fossil site to be estimated
An analysis of 32 dental pieces from Sima de los Huesos in Spain, has enabled researchers to estimate the sex of 15 individuals.
Unique tomb discovered in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt
The walls lean at the ceiling in a way that it is flat instead of domed, like the previously excavated tombs in the area.
Greek archaeological sites are open once again
The opening of the archaeological sites is the first step in the gradual reopening of the country's cultural infrastructure.
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Sotheby’s: Painting sells for 14 times more than the highest estimate
The oil painting “Still life with fish” by the nun Orsola Maddalena Caccia sold for £212.500 while estimated at £15.000.
Turin Papyrus Online Platform won European Heritage Award 2020
The digitised papyri are in high-resolution, linked with open metadata, available in open-access and can be used "permission-free".