Did the ancient Maya have parks?
First-of-its-kind DNA analysis finds trees and wild vegetation grew around reservoirs in Tikal The ancient Maya city of Tikal was ...
Tag: Archaeology
Mushroom growing out of fossilized ant reveals new genus and species of fungal parasite
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a fungus parasitizing an ant, and ...
First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with ‘considerable care’
In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic - the Black Death - which killed between 40 ...
Discovery of the oldest plant fossils on the African continent!
A new study describes a particularly diverse fossil flora from 400 million year ago. The analysis of very old plant ...
10,000-year-old DNA pens the first tales of the earliest domesticated goats
New research has revealed the genetic makeup of the earliest goat herds. The findings, assimilated from DNA taken from the ...
Indigenous peoples were stewards of the Western Amazon
Study points to a history of indigenous sustainable use of the Western Amazon stretching back 5,000 years Smithsonian scientists and ...
Ancient chickens lived significantly longer than modern fowl because they were seen as sacred, not food — study shows
Ancient chickens lived significantly longer than their modern equivalents because they were seen as sacred - not food - archaeologists ...
Paleontologists for the first time discover the pierced skull of a Pleistocene cave bear
Probably the find is the only evidence in the world that ancient people hunted Pleistocene small cave bears Russian paleontologists ...
Newly discovered African ‘climate seesaw’ drove human evolution
While it is widely accepted that climate change drove the evolution of our species in Africa, the exact character of ...
Study sheds light on population history of northern east Asia
Credit: Mao et al., 2021 A study led by research groups of Prof. FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate ...
Dinosaur-age fossils provide new insights into origin of flowering plants
Credit: NIGPAS Flowering plants (angiosperms) dominate most terrestrial ecosystems, providing the bulk of human food. However, their origin has been ...
Half of Guadeloupe’s snakes and lizards went extinct after European colonization
Researchers use fossil data to reveal the primary drivers and extent of colonial era extinctionsCredit: Photo by Omkar Vinchu from ...
Swiss farmers contributed to the domestication of the opium poppy
Credit: Raül Soteras, AgriChange Project Fields of opium poppies once bloomed where the Zurich Opera House underground garage now stands. ...
Indigenous co-management essential for protecting, restoring Bears Ears region
Credit: Pavlik et al. (2021) PNAS Indigenous people have lived in the Bears Ears region of southeastern Utah for millennia. ...
Archaeologists teach computers to sort ancient pottery
Credit: Chris Downum Archaeologists at Northern Arizona University are hoping a new technology they helped pioneer will change the way ...
Research reveals ancient people had more diverse gut microorganisms
Credit: UM photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - Only an anthropologist would treasure millennia-old human feces found in dry caves. ...
Southern African dinosaur had irregular growth
Credit: Dorling Kindersley Anyone who's raised a child or a pet will know just how fast and how steady their ...
New ancient shark discovered
Credit: (© Sebastian Stumpf) This rare fossil find comes from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in England, a series of sedimentary ...
Turns out developing a taste for carbs wasn’t a bad thing
Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues on evolution, healthCredit: Katerina Guschanski A new study looking at the evolutionary ...
Archaeologists pinpoint population for the Greater Angkor region
Study designed at the University of Oregon provided a foundation that drew new information from lidar imagery, machine learning, archaeological ...
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