Scientists discover two new species of ancient, burrowing mammal ancestors
120-million-year-old animals evolved 'scratch digging' traits independentlyCredit: MAO Fangyuan A joint research team led by Dr. MAO Fangyuan and Dr. ...
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Neanderthal ancestry identifies oldest modern human genome
The fossil skull of a woman in Czechia has provided the oldest modern human genome yet reconstructed, representing a population ...
800-year-old medieval pottery fragments reveal Jewish dietary practices
Credit: Pam Manix A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, with archaeologists from Oxford Archaeology, have found ...
Humans were apex predators for two million years
What did our ancestors eat during the stone age? Mostly meatCredit: Dr. Miki Ben Dor Researchers at Tel Aviv University ...
Paleopharmaceuticals from Baltic amber might fight drug-resistant infections
Credit: Connor McDermott WASHINGTON, April 5, 2021 -- For centuries, people in Baltic nations have used ancient amber for medicinal ...
AI and satellite images come together to discover hidden archaeological sites
The Cultural Landscapes Scanner pilot project will exploit Artificial Intelligence to detect the archaeological heritage of the subsoil. The project ...
Ancient megafaunal mutualisms and extinctions as factors in plant domestication
Of the vast diversity of plants on Earth, only a few evolved to become prominent agricultural crops. Scholars now suggest ...
Towards a better understanding of societal responses to climate change
Scholars of archaeology, geography, history and paleoclimatology lay out a new framework for uncovering climate-society interactionsCredit: Degroot et al., 2021 ...
Older than expected: Teeth reveal the origin of the tiger shark
Credit: © Michael Vogelsang / www.seapicture.de The tiger shark is one of the largest predatory sharks known today. This shark ...
New evidence in search for the mysterious Denisovans
Credit: Photo supplied by the Trustees of the Natural History Museum. An international group of researchers led by the University ...
Fossils from “Vegetational Pompeii” Resolve Deep Palaeontology Mystery
Credit: NIGPAS A recent study on spectacular fossil plants preserved in a volcanic ash fall deposit--known as China's "vegetational Pompeii," ...
Fossil lamprey larvae overturn textbook assumptions on vertebrate origins
Study shows studies of the origin of vertebrates - including human - were based on incorrect assumptions since the late ...
Fermented wool is the answer
FAU researchers reveal the secret of the famous Pazyryk carpetCredit: FAU/Dr. Andreas Späth The Pazyryk carpet is the world's oldest ...
Prehistoric killing machine exposed
Previously thought of as heavy, slow and sluggish, the 260-million-year-old predator, Anteosaurus, was a ferocious hunter-killerCredit: Alex Bernardini (@SimplexPaleo) Judging ...