Archaeology
Gold jewellery from the time of Nefertiti found in Bronze Age tombs in Cyprus
Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have concluded an excavation of two tombs in the Bronze Age city of Hala...
Mystery solved: Footprints from site a at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
The oldest unequivocal evidence of upright walking in the human lineage are footprints discovered at Laetoli, Tanzania in 1978, by...
Molecular analysis reveals the oldest denisovan fossils yet
Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia rose to fame 11 years ago, when genetic sequencing of a...
World first: Top experts formulate international ethical code for ancient DNA research
For the first time, an international team of experts, among them a researcher from Tel Aviv University, formulated a globally-applicable...
Extraordinary Roman mosaic and villa discovered beneath farmer’s field in Rutland, UK
Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK. Today (Thursday 25th November 2021), a rare...
Using rocks to hammer out a connection between visual gaze and motor skills learning
For his latest research on motor skills, visual learning, and their effects on human physiology, Lewis Wheaton and his team...
Genetic changes in Bronze Age Southern Iberia
The third millennium BCE is a highly dynamic period in the prehistory of Europe and western Asia, characterized by large-scale...
Were the ancient Maya an agricultural cautionary tale? Maybe not, new study suggests
Credit: Andrew Scherer/Brown University Journal Remote Sensing DOI 10.3390/rs13204109 Method of Research Imaging analysis Subject of Research Not applicable Article...
Easternmost Roman aqueduct discovered in Armenia
Archaeologists from the University of Münster and the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia have discovered remains...
Fossil pharyngeal teeth of grass carp group and their implications for evolution, temporal and spatial distribution pattern, and paleoenvironment
This study is done by Dr. Ruifeng SU (Beijing Institutes of life science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences), and together...
A life less obvious: Study sheds light on the evolution of underground microbes
Deep, dark fractures reaching far down into the oldest rocks on Earth may seem about as hospitable to life as...
WA shipwreck reveals secrets of 17th -century Dutch seafaring domination
Many Dutch ships passed the West Australian coast while enroute to Southeast Asia in the 1600s – and the national...
Model could help archeologists unearth new Pleistocene sites in Cyprus, suggesting that more historic hunter-gatherer activity on Eastern Mediterranean islands than previously suspected
Model could help archeologists unearth new Pleistocene sites in Cyprus, suggesting that more historic hunter-gatherer activity on Eastern Mediterranean islands...
The surprising origins of the Tarim Basin mummies
As part of the Silk Road and located at the geographical intersection of Eastern and Western cultures, the Xinjiang Uyghur...
VUB-researchers identify interglobular dentine in cremated human teeth
The cremation process destroys a lot of information that can usually be obtained from the human skeleton. Especially diseases are...
Early dinosaurs were sociable
New research on a vast fossil site in Patagonia shows that some of the earliest dinosaurs lived in herds and...
What drove the invention of military technologies?
Peter Turchin from the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH) and an interdisciplinary team of colleagues set out to test...
Europeans in the Americas 1000 years ago
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas. The Vikings got there centuries beforehand, although exactly when has...
Ancient driftwood tracks 500 years of Arctic warming and sea ice
WASHINGTON—A new study reconstructs the path of frozen trees as they made their way across the Arctic Ocean over 500...
Early modern human from Southeast Asia adapted to a rainforest environment
Traditional assumptions have often seen tropical rainforests as a barrier to early Homo sapiens. However, growing proof shows that humans...
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Smoke screen: Analysis of saliva from long-term cannabis smokers identifies disruptions in the healthy oral microbiome that may lead to brain disorders
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Large field hospital study shows rapid Covid-19 test compares solidly with PCR detection
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Microfountain pen draws minute patterns for live cells, circuits
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Diagnosis from the Sky: Catching Insect Infestations within Forests Before It’s Too Late
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UTIA researcher inducted into the conference of research workers in animal diseases
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Trigger found for harmful inflammation in lupus, macular degeneration