Archaeology

Credit: University of New Mexico From the perspective of Central and South America, the peopling of the New World was a complex process lasting thousands of years and involving multiple waves of Pleistocene and early Holocene period…

Credit: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute In pre-Columbian times, the white-tailed deer was among the most abundant and frequently consumed mammals in Panama. It was also an icon, represented on thousands of clay vessels. Through an…

Discovery includes probable looted jewelry, battle relicsCredit: UNC Charlotte The Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte-led archaeological dig on Jerusalem's Mount Zion has been going on for over a decade, looking…

South Africa's greatest fossil discoveries in modern times to be showcased for the first time at the Perot Museum in AmericaCredit: John Hawks/Wits University The University of Witwatersrand (Wits University), the Perot…

Public to experience 'one of the greatest fossil discoveries of the past half century' when specimens of two ancient human relatives -- Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi -- depart South Africa for a five-month engagement this fall in…

Credit: Ulco Glimmerveen The development of new hunting projectiles by European hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic may have been linked to territoriality in a rapidly-changing climate, according to a study published July 17, 2019 in…

But researcher has bone to pick with modernization: Chickens are losing diversityCredit: Helina Woldekiros, Washington University in St. Louis Pick your chicken wisely. The choice could make or break your marriage. For…

Credit: Jose Garcia and Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Southern Cross University. New research brings to light for the first time the evolution of maternal roles and parenting responsibilities in one of our oldest evolutionary ancestors…

Credit: Mount Sinai Health System (New York, NY - July 15, 2019) -- Mount Sinai researchers working as part of an international team have discovered previously unknown breastfeeding patterns of an extinct early human species by…

Findings may inform strategies for breast feeding in modern populations Infants of the extinct human species Australopithecus africanus likely breast fed for up to a year after birth, similar to modern humans but of shorter duration…