Tag: Archaeology

New isotopic study of fossil teeth shows flexible human adaptations to Pleistocene island life through timeCredit: Sue O'Connor A new ...

Credit: World Scientific The Age of the Earth -- A Physicist's Odyssey spells out how the age of our planet has ...

21st century X-ray technology has allowed University of Warwick scientists to peer back through time at the production of the ...

Credit: Anna Wessman A multidisciplinary research group coordinated by the University of Helsinki dated the bones of dozens of Iron ...

Fossil vertebrae give insights into growth and extinction of an enigmatic shark groupCredit: © Patrick L. Jambura In 1996, palaeontologists ...

Genetic analysis of 96 ancient individuals traces the arrival and demographic structure of peoples with Steppe-related ancestry into late Neolithic, ...

New method of discerning sources of ancient feces makes this archaeological find far more informativeCredit: Jada Ko, courtesy of the ...

Credit: Oliver Rudd When you pour a bowl of cereal, you probably aren't considering how humans came to enjoy milk ...

Credit: Umberto Lombardo The earliest human inhabitants of the Amazon created thousands of artificial forest islands as they tamed wild ...

Credit: José Capriles, Penn State As agriculture emerged in early civilizations, crops were domesticated in four locations around the world ...

One of the earliest documented, from ProtoByzantine periodCredit: Anagnostis P. Agelarakis/Adelphi University New research from Adelphi University has revealed the ...

Credit: James Rule A fossilised seal tooth found on a Victorian beach could hold the key to uncovering the history ...

Credit: Angeline Leece. An international team, including Arizona State University researcher Gary Schwartz, have unearthed the earliest known skull of ...

Credit: Merald Clark/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The mighty Calusa ruled South Florida for centuries, wielding military power, trading and ...

Legacy of Australian colonial Native Mounted Police forceCredit: Flinders University Hundreds of Aboriginal men who became native mounted police in ...

Micro-CT scanning of 'Little Foot' skull reveals new aspects of the life of this more than 3-million year-old-human ancestorCredit: Amélie ...

Credit: Michelle Sauther In her 30 years working as a researcher in Madagascar, CU Boulder Anthropology Professor Michelle Sauther has ...

Credit: Dr. Mohammad Naserifard A unique rock carving found in the Teymareh rock art site (Khomein county) in Central Iran ...

Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science in Japan have demonstrated that combining a highly sensitive ...

Credit: Simon Fraser University The cause of back pain can be linked to humanity's evolutionary past, according to new research ...