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Archaeologists Discover 40,000-Year-Old Evidence of Neanderthal Habitation in Ghamari Cave, Iran

13 March 2025

Iranian archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Ghamari Cave (also known as Qamari Cave), located near Khorramabad in Lorestan...

An Avar-period cloak clasp from a female grave at Moedling, Austria. Archers were associated with a higher social status. Credit: Benedict Seidl

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Surprising Genetic Findings from Early Middle Ages Burial Sites in Austria

22 January 2025

In a groundbreaking archeogenetic study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in collaboration with an international team,...

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Manot Cave yielded evidence for ritualistic gathering 35,000 years ago, the earliest on the Asian continent

13 January 2025

Archaeological research at the Manot Cave in what is now the Galilee in northern Israel has uncovered evidence of ritualistic...

An eyed needle made from the bone of a red fox found at the LaPrele archaeological site in Wyoming’s Converse County. Photo:Todd Surovell

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Research Shows Early North Americans Made Eyed Needles from Fur-Bearers

3 December 2024

Archaeologists from the University of Wyoming have found bone 13,000-year-old eyed needles crafted from the bones of various furry animals....

A 3D computerized model of the surface of the area near Lake Turkana in Kenya shows fossil footprints of Paranthropus boisei (vertical footprints) with separate footprints of Homo erectus forming a perpendicular path. Image Credit: Kevin Hatala/Chatham University

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1.5-Million-year-old Footprints have Revealed the Co-Existence of two Ancient Human Species in Kenya

30 November 2024

Thanks to a set of preserved footprints on the ancient shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, researchers have uncovered the...

Group of casts from the House of the Golden Bracelet. Casts no. 50-51-52, date of creation 1974. Photo: Archaeological Park of Pompeii

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Study refutes previous assumptions, DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption

8 November 2024

Researchers from the University of Florence, Harvard University, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig analyzed the...

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New Study shows Early Native Americans in Alaska were freshwater fishermen 13,000 years ago

15 June 2023

A team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers has discovered the earliest known evidence that Native Americans living...

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Interesting Social Dimensions of Rare Diseases Seen in the Bronze Age

10 March 2021

When it comes to Rare Diseases, what almost all of us think of is that this disease has affected very...

Archaeologists Discover 40,000-Year-Old Evidence of Neanderthal Habitation in Ghamari Cave, Iran

Surprising Genetic Findings from Early Middle Ages Burial Sites in Austria

Manot Cave yielded evidence for ritualistic gathering 35,000 years ago, the earliest on the Asian continent

Research Shows Early North Americans Made Eyed Needles from Fur-Bearers

1.5-Million-year-old Footprints have Revealed the Co-Existence of two Ancient Human Species in Kenya

Study refutes previous assumptions, DNA evidence rewrites story of people buried in Pompeii eruption

New Study shows Early Native Americans in Alaska were freshwater fishermen 13,000 years ago

Interesting Social Dimensions of Rare Diseases Seen in the Bronze Age

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Exceptional Iron Age Artifacts Discovered at Celtic Necropolis in France

Mystery of the ‘Deserted Castle’ Unraveled: Austria’s First Roman Bridgehead Fort Discovered

Rare Tales of Merlin and King Arthur Found in 13th Century Manuscript

Early Anatolian Genes: Genetic Links Between Girmeler Mound and 17,000-Year-Old Pınarbaşı Skeletons

An Elite Nubian Woman’s Burial, Dating Back 4,000 Years, Reveals the Oldest Evidence of Tumpline Use

Human Presence in Malta Earlier Than Previously Thought: Hunter-Gatherers Navigated 100 km by Sea 1,000 Years Before Farmers

3,000-Year-Old Cave Paintings Discovered in Itatiaia National Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Neo-Assyrian Writing Boards: The Role of Beeswax, Orpiment, and Carbon Black in 7th Century BC Writing Techniques

Dacian Treasure Discovered in Romania, Possibly Indicating a Hidden Settlement in Breaza

Researchers Examine 4,000 Bricks to Solve the Secrets of an Ancient Roman Metropolis of Trier