Shouldering the Burden of Evolution
A team of researchers of the University of California San Francisco compared the shoulder blades of early hominins, modern humans, and African apes, in order to find out what the last common ancestor of modern humans and apes might have looked like.
Mosaic floor with hippodrome scene revealed in Cyprus
Excavations at Akaki have revealed part of a mosaic floor depicting a chariot scene taking place in the hippodrome (circus scene) and rich geometric decoration.
Stonehenge researchers find largest Neolithic monument
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project reveals traces of standing stones beneath Durrington Walls super-henge.
Bronze statue of a Hellenistic ruler recovered using advanced technology
Fragments held in the National Museum in Tehran were reconstructed to a most impressive evidence of the Hellenistic era in Iran.
Cod bones from Mary Rose reveal globalized fish trade in Tudor England
Commercial exploitation of fish and the growth of naval sea power were "mutually reinforcing aspects of globalisation" in Renaissance Europe.
Ancient genomes link early farmers to Basques
Recent analyses revealed that early Iberian farmers are the closest ancestors to modern-day Basques.
GVSU professor, student help discover one-million-year-old monkey fossil
An international team of scientists, including a Grand Valley State University professor and alumni, recently discovered a species of monkey fossil the team has dated to be more than one million years old.
Eunotosaurus has the early word on turtles
Thanks to new fossil evidence, paleontologists are able to prove that turtles share a recent common ancestor with birds and crocodiles.
An unknown settlement in the surrounding area of Ambracia
An ancient previously unknown township was found during construction works of a motorway in Ambracia, Greece.
The Greek East under Rome
Professor Roland R.R. Smith will present his paper “The Greek East under Rome: art and cultural interaction” in the National Hellenic Research Foundation on September 24.
Chalcolithic artefacts at Chlorakas-Palloures
The first season of excavations at the Chalcolithic site of Chlorakas-Palloures has been completed.
Scientists have sequenced the first Mediterranean genome
Researchers have sequenced the first ancient genome from the entire Mediterranean area.
Ancient Egyptians force-fed birds of prey
The results of a study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science showed that ancient Egyptians bred birds of prey and force fed them to be offered to the gods.
Oldest pottery from Papua New Guinea discovered
Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest known pottery from Papua New Guinea in a surprisingly remote location in the rugged highlands.
Irish prehistoric artefact reproduced by 3D-printing
A 3D-printed replica of an iron-age Irish horn mouthpiece has been produced by an archaeologist bringing the instrument to life.
English Civil War mass grave skeletons identified
Scientists have been able to identify that skeletons discovered in a mass grave in Durham, UK, were Scottish soldiers taken prisoner after the 1650 Battle of Dunbar.
Oldest case of leukemia in prehistoric skeleton
A female skeleton from the Neolithic graveyard of Stuttgart-Mühlhausen seems to have been affected by leukemia, scientists say.
Fossil specimen reveals a new species of ancient river dolphin
Smithsonian scientists and colleagues have discovered a new genus and species of river dolphin that has long been extinct.
Last RMS Titanic menu to be sold on auction
A lunch menu dated April 14, 1912, the day before the tragic sinking of RMS Titanic, is to be sold at an online auction and is expected to reach up to $70,000. The menu, along with several other items from
New find possibly an ancient Jerusalem podium
A podium of unspecified use dating to the Second Temple Period has been uncovered at an excavation in the City of David, a site of ancient Jerusalem.
Ancient Egyptian tomb reused by high official
Archaeologists working at the South Assassif Conservation Project on Luxor's west bank found that a tomb, belonging to a Thebes' ruler and priest, had been reused by an upper Egypt vizier.
Pentecopterus: the world’s largest sea scorpion
An ancient sea scorpion, one of the oldest and largest in the world, has been identified by scientists according to a study in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology.
Study reveals four stages of human body evolution
Research into 430,000-year-old fossils collected in northern Spain found that the evolution of the human body’s size and shape has gone through four main stages.
Distribution of mammoths in last Ice Age map published
The most accurate global map of the maximum geographic distribution of the woolly mammoth during the last Ice Age has been published.