Ancient climate change solves mystery of vanished South African lakes
New evidence for the presence of ancient lakes in some of the most arid regions of South Africa suggests that Stone Age humans may have been more widespread across the continent than previously thought.
Scientists unearth forgotten children of the past
Scientists have unearthed a harrowing story of forgotten children of the past, providing the first direct evidence of the lives of early nineteenth century ‘pauper apprentices’.
The earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago
Written sources from Mesopotamia suggest that kissing in relation to sex was practiced by the peoples of the ancient Middle East 4,500 years ago.
Green Cultural Routes at the Museum of Byzantine Culture
The Museum of Byzantine Culture (Thessaloniki) participates in the “Green Cultural Routes” for the tenth year and highlights the plant world through its exhibits.
Scientists prove that Romans were breeding small bulldogs
Researchers have proven that breeding small brachycephalic (shorter-nosed) dogs took place already in ancient Rome.
South Africa’s desert-like interior more inviting to our human ancestors?
Lining the Cape of South Africa and its southern coast are long chains of caves that nearly 200,000 years ago were surrounded by a lush landscape and plentiful food.
Surprising diversity of ethnic groups in the Virgin Islands before Columbus
For the first time, pottery shards from St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas have been chemically analyzed for dating.
House of the Chaste Lovers: New victims from Pompeii emerge
Two skeletons were recently discovered in Pompeii during the excavation of the insula of the House of the Chaste Lovers.
Bronze Age long-distance connections: Baltic amber in Aššur
Already in 1914, two beads were found under the great ziggurat of Aššur in Iraq. Their material has now been identified.
Cargo of marble artifacts uncovered in coastal waters north of Netanya
An enormous, rare cargo of 1,800-year-old marble artifacts, borne in a merchant ship that was shipwrecked in a storm, was uncovered in the coastal waters of Moshav Beit Yanai, north of Netanya.
Detectorists find 3.5 thousand years old dagger in forest
Detectorists searching the forest near Krasnystaw (Lubelskie) found an approx. 3.5 thousand years old bronze dagger.
300,000-year-old snapshot: Oldest human footprints from Germany found
Scientists from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre present the earliest human footprints known from Germany.
The oldest studied rocks in Poland are about 600 million years old
The gneisses of the Strzelin massif were studied from very different angles and with different methods.
Traces from the past
An international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has for the first time successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a Paleolithic artefact: a pierced deer tooth discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia.
Human ancestors preferred mosaic landscapes and ecosystem diversity
A new study published in the journal Science by an international team finds that early human species adapted to mosaic landscapes and diverse food resources, which would have increased our ancestor’s resilience to past shifts in climate.
Two 7th century antiquities to be returned to China
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of two 7th-century stone carvings from a funerary platform, to China.
Further dark secrets of Batavia shipwreck laid bare
An archaeological research project spanning five years has shed new light on a tragic chapter in Australian history, revealing a wealth of evidence.
Isotope data reveal millennia of ecological change in Southern Africa
A new paper in Communications Earth & Environment uses plant wax biomarkers from archaeological sediments to understand human-environment interactions in mountain ecosystems for the past 60,000 years.
A new app brings the Acropolis to life
The COSMOTE CHRONOS application is a one-of-a-kind free mobile application for smartphones and tablets designed for the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens.
Searching for ancient bears in Alaskan cave led to important human discovery
The first people to live in the Americas migrated from Siberia across the Bering land bridge more than 20,000 years ago.
Chimpanzees combine calls to communicate new meaning
Similar to humans, chimpanzees combine vocalizations into larger communicatively meaningful structures. UZH researchers suggest that this ability might be evolutionarily more ancient than previously thought.
New study offers insight on evolution of the largest of the large dinosaurs
Sauropods were the largest animals ever to walk the Earth. No other dinosaur or land mammal even comes close.
Nose shape gene inherited from Neanderthals
Humans inherited genetic material from Neanderthals that affects the shape of our noses, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Late Pharaonic and Early Christian finds located in Meir
Byzantine era buildings and Late Period burials have been located by the Egyptian archaeological mission operating in the archaeological site of Meir, near the city of el-Qusiya, Assiut Governorate.