Ancient Chinese Burials Show Inequality Predated the Rise of States by Millennia
A 6,000-year analysis of more than 2,300 burials in China's Central Plain shows that social inequality was embedded in relational ...
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Ancient Corn Farming Powered Vast Pre-Colonial Villages in Brazil’s Savanna
Isotope analysis of more than 100 ancient individuals shows that corn-based polyculture, not hunting-gathering or monoculture, sustained large pre-colonial villages ...
Syrian Archaeologists Risked Everything to Save 30,000 Treasures from ISIS
New research documents how Syrian archaeologists evacuated roughly 30,000 artifacts from the Deir ez-Zor Museum during the summers of 2014 ...
Hidden Paintings Revealed: Hyperspectral Camera Unlocks Secrets of Altai Cave Art Spanning 4,000 Years
Hyperspectral imaging has revealed hidden and superimposed paintings in China's Tangbaletasi cave, tracing a multi-millennial sequence from Bronze Age ritual ...
Roman Roads Were Straighter Than Thought, Yet Modern Highways Still Beat Them
A new network-science analysis of nearly 300,000 kilometres of Roman roads confirms their engineering brilliance while showing that Rome itself ...
Human Stories Make Geology Stick: Cultural Context Boosts Geoheritage Communication in Arabia
A randomised video experiment in the UAE and Oman shows that framing Quaternary geoheritage through archaeology and local culture sustains ...
Magnetic fingerprint in fired clay exposes forged ancient pottery
Researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have developed a magnetic test that distinguishes authentic ancient pottery from ...
Agentic AI could let archaeologists simulate the pasts that might have been
Researchers propose coupling agentic AI with agent-based modeling to let archaeologists computationally explore ranges of plausible pasts instead of debating ...
Alternating Rainfall Patterns Shaped the Parallel Rise of Ancient Chinese Cultures
A new reconstruction of Holocene rainfall shows that precipitation in eastern China alternated between north and south, creating conditions that ...
Ice Age Spear Points Show How the First Americans Learned to Master a New Land
A study of nearly 500 Clovis and Cumberland spear points from the Tennessee River Valley shows that tool maintenance and ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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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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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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