Palaeolithic diet had no social divisions in food consumption
Biochemical analysis of human remains has become a key feature in our understanding of past peoples. Ancient DNA and Stable Isotope Analysis are now considered
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Bedbugs evolved more than 100 million years ago – and walked the earth with T. rex
Bedbugs - some of the most unwanted human bed-mates - have been parasitic companions with other species aside from humans for more than 100 million
Archaeological discovery upends a piece of Barbados history
Which came first, the pigs or the pioneers? In Barbados, that has been a historical mystery ever since the first English colonists arrived on the
Ancient fish ponds in the Bolivian savanna supported human settlement
A network of fish ponds supported a permanent human settlement in the seasonal drylands of Bolivia more than one thousand years ago, according to a
Quantum physicists shining new light on cave art
Leslie Van Gelder, a well-known American-born archeologist has been working with Dr Harald Schwefel, and other physicists at Otago University to develop a lamp that mimics
Tooth fossils fill 6-million-year-old gap in primate evolution
Researchers have used fossilized teeth found near Lake Turkana in northwest Kenya to identify a new monkey species -- a discovery that helps fill a
Chewing gums reveal the oldest Scandinavian human DNA
The first humans who settled in Scandinavia more than 10,000 years ago left their DNA behind in ancient chewing gums, which are masticated lumps made
First birds: Archaeopteryx gets company
Archaeopteryx’s throne is tottering. Since the discovery of the first fossil of the primal bird in 1861, it had been considered the only bird from
Traces of crawling in Italian cave give clues to ancient humans’ social behavior
Evidence of crawling in an Italian cave system sheds new light on how late Stone Age humans behaved as a group, especially when exploring new
Chernobyl has become a refuge for wildlife 33 years after the nuclear accident
Reactor number four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant suffered an explosion during a technical test on April 26, 1986.
The moon is still geologically active, study suggests
We tend to think of the moon as the archetypal “dead” world. Not only is there no life, almost all its volcanic activity died out billions
New data platform illuminates history of humans’ environmental impact
The human environmental footprint is not only deep, but old.
The analysis of a meteorite reveals secrets about the birth of the Solar System
The study has been carried out by an international team of cosmochemists and astrophysicists, including researcher Jordi José, from the Institute of Space Studies of
Uncovering a 5000-year-old family tragedy
Eight years ago, a mass grave was unearthed in the southern Polish village of Koszyce. The circumstances surrounding the 5000-year-old gravesite have been a mystery
Archaeologists uncover Cold War structure
Wessex Archaeology have discovered of an Underground Monitoring Post (UGMP) in Arborfield dating back to the Cold War, while working on behalf of Balfour Beatty
Research reveals surprisingly powerful bite of tiny early tetrapod
Micro-CT scanning of a tiny snake-like fossil discovered in Scotland has shed new light on the elusive creature, thought to be one of the earliest
Brown Banks and White Cliffs: the search for lost prehistoric settlements in the North Sea
Marine experts join archaeologists in an expedition to find the lost prehistoric settlement of the Brown Bank.
Traces of Roman-era pollution stored in the ice of Mont Blanc
The deepest layers of carbon-14 dated ice found in the Col du Dôme of the Mont Blanc glacier in the French Alps provide a record
Abrupt climate change drove early South American population decline
Abrupt climate change some 8,000 years ago led to a dramatic decline in early South American populations, suggests new UCL research.
Archaeologists reveal findings of Prittlewell Anglo-Saxon burial
Previously hidden secrets and insights into the Prittlewell princely burial and the man buried have been painstakingly reconstructed by a team of over 40 archaeological
Red Sea stone tool find hints at hominins’ possible route out of Africa
Africa is the birthplace of humanity. From the time of our lineage’s split from the chimpanzee line around 7 million years ago, the continent has
New technique helps identify which ancient rocks were used for cooking
Fire was probably first used by humans one million years ago. It was a valuable resource for light, warmth, and keeping predators at bay. It also