New study reveals year-round settlement of first Neolithic farmers in Andalusia The island of San Fernando, Cadiz in Andalusia, was home to the first Neolithic farmers and shepherds who decided to permanently settle there around 6,200 years ago. They practised shellfish collection and consumption all year round, with a preference for winter. This community lived … Read more
40,000-Year-Old Multi-Compound Glue Suggests Neanderthals Were Smarter Than We Thought Researchers have discovered stone tools bound together by a multi-component adhesive, providing further substantiation of the intellectual capacity of Neanderthals. These artifacts represent the oldest known evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe, implying that these precursors to contemporary humans exhibited a more advanced level … Read more
Ancient DNA Analysis Shows How The Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire Shifted Populations In The Balkans Despite the Roman Empire’s extensive military and cultural influence on the nearby Balkan peninsula, a DNA analysis of individuals who lived in the region between 1 and 1000 CE found no genetic evidence of Iron Age Italian … Read more
The Untold History Of The Horse In The American Plains Revealed The continent of North America is where horses first emerged. Millions of years of evolutionary changes transformed the horse before it became the natural companion of many Indigenous Peoples and the flagship symbol of the Southwest. An international team uniting 87 scientists across 66 … Read more
Early humans ‘were intentionally crafting stone balls 1.4 million years ago Around 1.4 million years ago, early human relatives crafted enigmatic stone “spheroids” in the Middle East in deliberate attempts to make perfect spheres, a new study finds. The finding shows the intention of early hominins, such as Homo erectus, to “impose” a symmetry on the … Read more
Atlatl weapon use by prehistoric females equalized the division of labor while hunting, experimental study shows An ancient weapon known as an atlatl may have been used by prehistoric women to launch projectiles with the same force as men, thereby enabling them to take over hunting duties. Watching a group of students operate the archaic spear-thrower in a field, researchers … Read more
Plague found in 4,000-year-old human remains in Britain The oldest evidence for the plague in Britain has been discovered in 4,000-year-old human remains unearthed at bronze age burial sites in Cumbria and Somerset. Traces of Yersinia pestis bacteria were found in the teeth of individuals at the Levens Park ring cairn monument near Kendal, and Charterhouse Warren in the … Read more
Long Lost Medieval Church Submerged 700 Years Ago in Sunken Town Unearthed The medieval trading center of Rungholt, which is today located in the UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage Site and currently the focus of interdisciplinary research, drowned in a storm surge in 1362. Using a combination of geoscientific and archaeological methods, researchers from Kiel … Read more
King Tut’s Cosmic Scarab Brooch And Dagger Linked To Meteorite’s Crash 28 Million Years Ago The fascinating story of the origins of a component in Tutankhamun’s scarab brooch has been furthered this week. It has been established that some of the material found in that brooch was result of a phenomenal event that occurred 28 million … Read more