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DNA from archaeological remains reveals exceptional migration into Scandinavia during the Viking age
A new study using 297 ancient Scandinavian genomes and the genomic data of 16,638 modern Scandinavians resolves the complex relations...
Ancient humans were skinning bears to wear their fur at least 320,000 years ago
Recent research conducted by experts at the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment in...
50,000-year-old stone tools were made by capuchin monkeys
According to a new study, monkeys made 50000-year-old stone tools found in Pedra Furada, located in the state of Piauí...
Archaeologists to excavate City of David’s historical Pool of Siloam
The Pool of Siloam, a roughly 3,000-year-old water reservoir that likely served Jerusalem's population throughout biblical times, will be fully...
Saint Anthony of Padua revealed in 3D facial approximation
An international team of scientists has revealed a facial approximation of what Saint Anthony of Padua, a Portuguese priest and...
Huge 2,000-year-old Mayan civilization revealed in northern Guatemala
A team of researchers from several universities in the United States, France and Guatemala, discovered a huge 2,000-year-old Mayan civilization...
Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making throughout the world.
Analysis of over 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites revealed that pottery-making processes spread vast distances in a short period of...
300000-year-old flakes tell a story of ancient tool use
A team led by the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP) analyzed tiny...
Homo naledi may have lit fires in caves over 200,000 years ago
New discoveries suggest that Homo naledi may have ignited controlled fires in the pitch-dark chambers of an underground cave system....
Two mysterious shipwrecks discovered in Sweden
During an archaeological excavation in western Sweden this summer, the remains of two medieval merchant vessels known as cogs were...