New oviraptorosaur species discovered in Mongolia
Incomplete skeleton of Gobiraptor minutus was likely that of a juvenile.
Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia
Peasant farmers began transforming diets across the Old World 7,000 years ago, study finds.
Drawing by Rubens sold for 8.2 million dollars
Some felt that the Dutch royal family, owner of the work, should have offered it to Dutch museums.
A taste for fat may have made us human
Long before human ancestors began hunting large mammals for meat, a fatty diet provided them with the nutrition to develop bigger brains, posits a new paper in Current Anthropology.
Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers?
The discovery of a new to science species of rare and primitive arthropod from the depths of a cave that was covered by a thick ice sheet until recently is certain to raise questions.
The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures
The skeletal remains, which are between 6,500 and 3,500 years old, show that the groups living throughout the Caucasus region were genetically similar, but that there was a sharp genetic boundary to the adjacent steppe areas in the north.
Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica
Based on its similarities to other fossil animals, the researchers surmise that Antarctanax was a carnivore that hunted bugs, amphibians, and relatives of early mammals.
Saint Birgitta of Sweden: paving the way for female writers and philosophers
Birgitta Birgersdotter was made a saint in 1391, the only woman canonised in the 14th century. But who was she?
UK Government announces new plans to protect treasure finds
Plans to widen the definition of treasure so more archaeological finds can be protected for the nation have been outlined by the British government last week.
New 3D printer uses rays of light to shape objects, transform product design
A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes.
D. Pandermalis ‟The return in full of the Parthenon marbles is the only solution”
For Mr. Pandermalis, Head of the Acropolis Museum, the case is clear: ‟The British Museum does not own the sculptures”.
Discoveries at Tuna El-Gebel
Minister of Antiquities Dr.Khaled El-Enany announced on Saturday the first discovery of year 2019 from Tuna El-Gebel archaeological site in Menia.
Archaeology encounters modern culture
Among the exceptional archaeological finds was the burial of the prominent woman at Episkopi on Sikinos about which new important data was supplied.
New studies reveal deep history of Denisovans and Neanderthals in southern Siberia
Oxford University scientists have played a key role in new research identifying the earliest evidence of some of the first known humans – Denisovans and Neanderthals, in Southern Siberia.
The 210-million-year-old Smok was crushing bones like a hyena
Coprolites, or fossil droppings, of the dinosaur-like archosaur Smok wawelski contain lots of chewed-up bone fragments.
The thief who walked out of an exhibition with a painting is arrested
The person who removed a painting from an art gallery and walked away amid stunned visitors has been arrested.
Tremithos Neolithic Survey
The pedestrian survey focused on the area along the coast east and west of the Tremithos River Delta and north of the Kiti Dam to the Larnaca-Limassol Highway.
Corfu: On the ‟tracks” of past times
Stone mansions in ruins, narrow cobbled streets, half ruined churches with silent belfries make up the landscape of Palia Perithia.
Van Gogh’s ‟Sunflowers” will not travel abroad again
In the past, the painting was loaned to other museums only in exceptional cases.
Sexing ancient cremated human remains is possible through skeletal measurements
Ancient cremated human remains, despite being deformed, still retain sexually diagnostic physical features.
Roman-Era winery storage rooms unearthed at Tel Kom al Trogy
The archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities
working at Tel Kom al Trogy in Al-Bihera Governorate brought to light the third section of a winery with its storage cells.
Humans colonized diverse environments in Southeast Asia and Oceania during the Pleistocene
New review compares the regional adaptations of humans and those of other hominin species to add support to the argument that our species is ecologically unique.
Long-necked dinosaurs rotated their forefeet to the side
Long-necked dinosaurs (sauropods) could orient their forefeet both forward and sideways.
Folkton Drums – measuring devices for Stonehenge?
Collaborative research by UCL and the University of Manchester has shown that the Folkton Drums could have been used in the construction of monuments such as Stonehenge.