Archaeology

These remains display a large proportion of cut marks caused by stone tools when the meat was cut, and the bones display fractures as a… Read More »Cannibalism and Tool Use Among Neanderthals

No one knows what happened when we, Homo sapiens, first encountered the Neanderthals. But we know we met. We know that for thousands of years… Read More »The Complex and Compassionate Neanderthal

In a groundbreaking study published in PLOS ONE on June 21, 2023, researchers identified a series of markings on the walls of La Roche-Cotard cave… Read More »Neanderthal Engravings Found in French Cave

Shanidar Cave, located in the Zagros Mountains of Iraq’s Kurdish autonomous region, is home to one of the most intriguing and debated Neanderthal archaeological sites.… Read More »New Research Challenges the Neanderthal “Flower Burial” Hypothesis

In a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, researchers from the Université de Montréal and the University of Genoa have… Read More »Neanderthals and Humans Shared Similar Spatial Organization Strategies

A remarkable fossilized Neanderthal discovered in a cave system in the Rhône Valley, France, has revealed an ancient and previously unknown lineage of Neanderthals that… Read More »Ancient DNA Reveals a Previously Unknown Neanderthal Lineage

New research shows Ice Age teens from 25,000 years ago went through similar puberty stages as modern-day adolescents. In a study published today in the… Read More »New Research Reveals the Timing of Puberty in Ice Age Teens

A team of archaeologists and bioarchaeologists led by the Archaeometry research group at the University of Tübingen and the GEA research group at the University… Read More »Ancient Spanish Burial Site Reveals Female Dominance

A research team of archaeologists and historians at the University of Leicester has developed a groundbreaking method for identifying smokers from past centuries by examining… Read More »Researchers Uncover Widespread Smoking Habits in 18th Century England

For the first time, an imaging method has been used to investigate Iron Age bronze Iranian swords, revealing significant modern modifications that prove the weapons… Read More »Neutron Tomography Exposes Illicit Alterations to Iron Age Swords