Archaeology

Semi-wild proto-corn spread from Mexico to South America before becoming fully domesticated, offering new clues to its futureCredit: Fabio de Oliveira Freitas Smithsonian scientists and collaborators are revising the history of one of the…

Credit: Dr Alexei Vranich, 2018 Part of the ancient archaeological site of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, believed by Incans to be where the world was created has been reconstructed using 3D printed models of fragments of an ancient building. The…

New fossil finds provide insight into biology and behavior of this ancient apex predatorFig 11. Thylacoleo carnifex reconstructions. Thyalacoleo carnifex, the "marsupial lion" of Pleistocene Australia, was an adept hunter that got…

Consumption of chickens signals new geological epoch according to research led by the University of Leicester Modern meat chickens are a defining feature of the Anthropocene according to new research by Dr Carys Bennett and colleagues…

Affects a Southern African population Populations of indigenous people in southern Africa carry a gene that causes lighter skin, and scientists have now identified the rapid evolution of this gene in recent human history. The gene that…

ITHACA, N.Y. - New research from Cornell University raises questions about the timing and nature of early interactions between indigenous people and Europeans in North America. Until now, it's been assumed that the presence of European…

Credit: Karl-Göran Sjögren / University of Gothenburg A team of researchers from France, Sweden, and Denmark have identified a new strain of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, in DNA extracted from 5,000-year-old human…

Credit: Alexander Averianov and Vladimir Efimov Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its vertebrae, which had remained in the ground for about 130 million years, were found on the banks of…

Radiocarbon re-dating of contact-era Iroquoian history in northeastern North AmericaCredit: Image with permission of Archaeological Services Inc. Photo by Andrea Carnevale After radiocarbon dating of plant matter, wood and wood charcoal,…

Bacterial spores may be able to halt degradation by outcompeting other microbesCredit: Caselli et al., 2018 What's a feast for the human eye may be a literal feast for microorganisms that colonize works of art, according to a new study in…