History

Ancient poop levels point to repopulation of iconic pre-Columbian metropolis A University of California, Berkeley, archaeologist has dug up ancient human feces, among other demographic clues, to challenge the narrative around the legendary…

Harvard-developed tool for studying mass uprisings shows that nonviolent uprisings are more successful than violent onesMapping Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns and Outcomes (NAVCO): an interactive map hosted by the Weatherhead Center for…

The sound produced by the vocal tract of a 3,000 year-old Egyptian mummy has been synthesized using CT scans, 3D printing and an electronic larynx. The findings are presented in a study published in Scientific Reports. The acoustic output…

Tension between foreign climbers and Sherpas began over 200 years ago, a new study suggests Recent tragedies on Everest have exposed growing resentment felt by some Sherpas towards foreign climbers and the foreign companies profiting…

Early evidence of complex system of hunter-gatherer practices just before domestication TORONTO, ON - Anthropologists at the University of Toronto (U of T) have confirmed the existence more than 10,000 years ago of a hunting camp in what…

Analysis reveals where prehistoric Italian communities got their copper, from Tuscany and beyondCredit: Dolfini et al, 2020 During the 4th and 3rd millennia BC, Italy was home to complex networks of metalwork exchange, according to a…

New research by Fabrizio Perretti and Alessandro Piazza in the Strategic Management Journal finds that when community activists reach their goals, they galvanize; when they fail, mobilization does not fade away, but spills over to other…

Chemical analysis of the statue reveals its age and original polychromatic designCredit: Sepúlveda et al, 2020. The Pachacamac Idol of ancient Peru was a multicolored and emblematic sacred icon worshipped for almost 700 hundred…

Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03255 Throughout history, people have sought vibrant blue pigments. The Egyptians and Babylonians used lapis lazuli 6,000 years ago. In 1802, a French chemist synthesized…

Puzzle of early Neolithic house orientations finally solvedCredit: © Nils Müller-Scheeßel Human behaviour is influenced by many things, most of which remain unconscious to us. One of these is a phenomenon known among perception…