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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. ...

Butchered bones reveal cannibalism and violent ‘othering’ in Bronze Age Britain

by Dario Radley

December 16, 2024

Archaeological research has uncovered the largest-scale evidence of interpersonal violence in British prehistory at Charterhouse Warren in Somerset, England. The ...

DNA reveals identity of Franklin expedition officer; remains show signs of cannibalism

by Dario Radley

September 29, 2024

Researchers from the University of Waterloo and Lakehead University confirmed Fitzjames’ identity through DNA analysis, revealing new insights into the ...

Our human relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago

by Dario Radley

June 26, 2023

Researchers from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have identified nine cut marks on a 1.45 million-year-old left shin ...

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18,000-year-old evidence of cultural cannibalism uncovered in Poland’s Maszycka Cave

Butchered bones reveal cannibalism and violent ‘othering’ in Bronze Age Britain

DNA reveals identity of Franklin expedition officer; remains show signs of cannibalism

Our human relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago

Remains of Everest explorer Sandy Irvine discovered 100 years after his disappearance

Oldest US firearm discovered in Arizona: a 500-year-old relic of Coronado’s expedition

Bamboo cart discovered in melting glacier in Switzerland

New evidence reveals the source of mercury in the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor

Oldest section of China’s Great Wall discovered, pushing back its origin by 300 years

$1 million prize offered to decipher 5,300-year-old Indus Valley script

Oldest ever genetic data from a human relative found in 2-million-year-old fossilized teeth

A 21-year-old student successfully deciphered the first word from the Herculaneum scrolls, charred during Mount Vesuvius’ eruption

Oldest US firearm discovered in Arizona: a 500-year-old relic of Coronado’s expedition

New evidence reveals the source of mercury in the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor

Ancient mass grave in Peru reveals brutal conflict

Thirty Years’ War camp unearthed in Germany reveals daily life and mysteries

6,500-year-old hunting toolkit idscovered in Texas cave may be the oldest ever found in North America

Roman horse cemetery with rare burial discovered in Stuttgart

3,500-year-old Ramesside-era town unearthed beneath Greek ruins near Alexandria, Egypt

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