Archaeology
High-status Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs
Beaver fur was a symbol of wealth and an important trade item in 10th Century Denmark, according to a study...
Prehistoric roots of ‘cold sore’ virus traced through ancient herpes DNA
Ancient genomes from the herpes virus that commonly causes lip sores – and currently infects some 3.7 billion people globally...
North ‘plaza’ in Cahokia was likely inundated year-round, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The ancient North American city of Cahokia had as its focal point a feature now known as...
In search of the lost city of Natounia
The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly in modern Iraqi Kurdistan was one of the major regional centres of the Parthian Empire,...
Climate and conflict
An extended period of turmoil in the prehistoric Maya city of Mayapan, in the Yucatan region of Mexico, was marked...
Glacial microclimates mimic climate change
This press release and accompanying multimedia are available online at: https://news.agu.org/press-release/glacial-microclimates-mimic-climate-change/ Credit: Benjamin Gaglioti This press release and accompanying multimedia...
DNA from ancient population in Southern China suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots
For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China....
New study in children with language deficits highlights importance of voluntary imagination in language evolution
Did the boy bite the cat, or was it the other way around? Credit: Andrey Vyshedskiy Did the boy bite...
Human bones used for making pendants in the Stone Age
The finding is quite a sensation, as the objects are simple pieces of bone with one or several grooves cut...
Underwater jars reveal Roman period winemaking practices
Winemaking practices in coastal Italy during the Roman period involved using native grapes for making wine in jars waterproofed with...
An age-old story: Farmers against pests
As early as the Neolithic period, pests posed a threat to agricultural yields, as shown by the remains of mice...
Fossils in the ‘Cradle of Humankind’ may be more than a million years older than previously thought
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind”...
Old Norse settlers traded walrus ivory with Kyiv
Archaeologists had low expectations when excavations started at 35 Spaska Street in Kyiv in 2007. Credit: Valery Krymchak Archaeologists had...
Unique Viking shipyard discovered at Birka
Archaeologists from Stockholm University's Archaeological Research Laboratory have located a unique Viking Age shipyard site at Birka on Björkö in...
UGA study asks: Did democracy have a separate origin in the Americas?
Democracy is widely understood to have arisen in the Mediterranean world about 2,500 years ago before spreading through cultural contact...
Olive trees were first domesticated 7,000 years ago
A joint study by researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University unraveled the earliest evidence for domestication of...
Origins of the Black Death identified
In 1347, plague first entered the Mediterranean via trade ships transporting goods from the territories of the Golden Horde in...
Cave findings explain a shift in lifestyle in ancient times
Excavations in Oman bring new understanding to mobile life during the Wādī Sūq period Credit: Earthstar Geographics, Takehiro Miki Excavations...
Bioarchaeological evidence of very early Islamic burials in the Levant
A new study combining archaeological, historical and bioarchaeological data provides new insights into the early Islamic period in modern-day Syria....
Genetic intermixing in Indonesia contributed to cultural “explosion” across the Pacific
DNA analysis of ancient human remains has shed new light on an "explosion" of intermixing cultures and genetics in an island region north of...
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Reinvigorating ‘lost cause’ exhausted T cells could improve cancer immunotherapy
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Experts optimistic about converting coal plants to production of clean geothermal energy
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U-M study: Local renewable energy employment can fully replace U.S. coal jobs nationwide
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Surprise, surprise: Subsurface water on Mars defy expectations
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Study uncovers what happens inside artery plaque to trigger strokes
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The presence of certain bacteria in the saliva might indicate post-trauma in veteran soldiers