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Ancient DNA from El Mirón Cave reveals a 46,000-year lineage of the Red Lady
About 19,000 years ago, a prehistoric woman was buried inside El Mirón Cave, a huge rock shelter in Northern Spain....
18,000-year-old evidence of cultural cannibalism uncovered in Poland’s Maszycka Cave
A new study published in Scientific Reports provides evidence of cultural cannibalism among the Magdalenian communities in Maszycka Cave, Poland....
Archaeologists uncover 1.5-million-year-old hand axes in Iraqi desert
A team of archaeologists has made a breakthrough in Iraq’s Western Desert, where seven Paleolithic sites have been discovered comprising...
World’s largest ancient bead collection discovered in 5,000-year-old tomb in Spain
Archaeologists working at the Montelirio tholos, an ancient burial site estimated to be around 5,000 years old near Seville, Spain,...
1.4-million-year-old jawbone reveals new human relative, rewriting evolutionary history
A 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone found in South Africa belongs to a newly discovered species of Paranthropus, an extinct genus of...
2,500-year-old burial site in Israel’s Negev reveals ancient trade routes
Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have discovered a 2,500-year-old burial site in the Negev, claiming that it provides...
Scientists discover traces of military service on a 19th-century soldier’s teeth
A discovery made by scientists at the Olomouc Archaeological Center has provided the first physical evidence of a long-suspected military...
4,500-year-old Copper Age warrior burials unearthed in Germany
A 4,500-year-old burial site related to the Bell Beaker Culture has been unearthed by archaeologists in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, near the...
Remains of dismembered pregnant woman in Ecuador may have been sacrificed to thwart El Niño
In Ecuador, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a young pregnant woman in a burial that seems to suggest she...
Oldest hominin evidence in Europe found in Romania, dating back 1.95 million years
New research at Romania’s Grăunceanu site has uncovered evidence of hominin activity at least 1.95 million years ago, marking the...