Study sheds light on alterations by carnivores to Paleolithic campsites
Ruth Blasco, Taphonomy researcher at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has participated in a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports which demonstrates the considerable alteration and anatomical bias produced by wild carnivores once places inhabited by Paleolithic hominins have been abandoned.
300,000-year-old throwing stick documents the evolution of hunting
Homo heidelbergensis used wooden weapons to hunt waterbirds and horses.
Papua New Guinea highland research redates Neolithic period
A new report published in Science Advances on the emergence of agriculture in highland Papua New Guinea shows advancements often associated with a later Neolithic period occurred about 1000 years' earlier than previously thought.
The origin of feces: coproID reliably predicts sources of ancient poop
The archaeological record is littered with feces, a potential goldmine for insights into ancient health and diet, parasite evolution, and the ecology and evolution of the microbiome.
Melting ice reveals lost viking artefacts on mountain pass
In Norway, hundreds of rare archaeological finds have been revealed by melting ice in a lost mountain pass at Lendbreen in Innlandet County.
China’s viticulture in transition: Wine culture going back thousands of years lays the foundation for emerging modern wine industry in the Middle Kingdom
Peter Kupfer of Mainz University published a history of the Chinese wine culture / 9,000-year-old discoveries from central China are the world's earliest traces of winemaking.
Milk pioneers: East African herders consumed milk 5,000 years ago
When you pour a bowl of cereal, you probably aren't considering how humans came to enjoy milk in the first place.
Rare figurines uncovered at lost biblical city
Ancient artefacts dating back 3,300 years have been unearthed by Macquarie University archaeologists at a long-lost city believed to be linked to King David.
Molecular & isotopic evidence of milk, meat & plants in prehistoric food systems
A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with colleagues from the University of Florida, provide the first evidence for diet and subsistence practices of ancient East African pastoralists.
Iron Age Britain worshiped brown hares and chickens like “gods”
Brown hares and chickens were considered “gods” rather than food when they first arrived in Britain in the Iron Age, new research shows.
Largest group of Early Neolithic pottery ever found in London dated using new technique
A new radiocarbon dating technique, reported today in Nature, has been used to confirm the age of the most noteworthy group of Early Neolithic pottery ever found in London.
Amazonian crops domesticated 10,000 years ago
As agriculture emerged in early civilizations, crops were domesticated in four locations around the world -- rice in China; grains and pulses in the Middle East; maize, beans and squash in Mesoamerica; and potatoes and quinoa in the Andes.
Archaeology: Ancient string discovery sheds light on Neanderthal life
The discovery of the oldest known direct evidence of fibre technology using natural fibres to create yarn is reported in Scientific Reports this week.
Speleologists study tunnels beneath subsoil of Pompeii
Speleologists from the Cocceius Association have been working in collaboration with the Archaeological Park of Pompeii to study over 450 metres of the city’s rainwater drainage system and subterranean canals, starting from the Civil Forum.
Discoveries at Pompeii revealed in virtual tour
Excavations at Pompeii by archaeologists have been revealed in a virtual tour of the archaeological park by Director Massimo Osanna.
