Archaeology
‘Screaming Woman’ mummy may have died in agony 3,500 years ago
In 1935, the Metropolitan Museum of New York led an archaeological expedition to Egypt. In Deir Elbahari near Luxor, the...
Natural born consumers
What if the ‘Market Economy’ always existed? Archaeologists from the Universities of Göttingen in Germany and Salento in Italy tried...
Rock art and archaeological record reveal man’s complex relationship with Amazonian animals
Rock art explored by archaeologists in the Colombian Amazon has provided an insight into the complex relationship between the earliest...
Genetics reveal ancient trade routes and path to domestication of the Four Corners potato
A new study shows that a native potato species was brought to southern Utah by Indigenous people in the distant past,...
Cook like a Neanderthal: Scientists try to replicate ancient butchering methods to learn how Neanderthals ate birds
It's hard to know what Neanderthals ate: food preparation, especially when it comes to smaller items like birds, can leave...
Samuel Pepys’ fashion prints reveal his guilty pleasure: Fancy French clothes
UNDER STRICT EMBARGO UNTIL 00:01AM (UK TIME) ON MONDAY 22ND JULY 2024Credit: Reproduced by permission of the Pepys Library, Magdalene College...
New discovery adds to story of ancient human migration
New evidence of human occupation in southeast Indonesia dating back 42,000 years offers fresh clues on the route taken by...
Archivist explores Troy’s invisible workers
While poring over nearly century-old photos documenting the University of Cincinnati’s historic excavation at Troy, archivist Jeff Kramer was struck...
In decade-first for Japan, Kyushu U Professor is elected as International Fellow of the British Academy
Fukuoka, Japan — On 17 July 2024, the British Academy held its Annual General Meeting, where Koji Mizoguchi, Professor of Archaeology at Kyushu...
Evidence for butchery of giant armadillo-like mammals in Argentina 21,000 years ago
Cut marks on fossils could be evidence of humans exploiting large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Warm seawater speeding up melting of ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists warn
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Probiotics during pregnancy shown to help moms and babies