25 May 2025
Earliest Direct Evidence of Psychoactive Plant Use in Iron Age Arabia Identified in Tomb at Qurayyah
In a remarkable archaeological breakthrough, scientists have uncovered the earliest known use of the psychoactive plant…
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Max Planck Institute
14 April 2025
Human Presence in Malta Earlier Than Previously Thought: Hunter-Gatherers Navigated 100 km by Sea 1,000 Years Before Farmers
Recent archaeological findings have dramatically reshaped our understanding of human history in the Mediterranean, revealing that…
18 March 2025
Researchers Define the Borders of El Argar, the First State-Society in the Iberian Peninsula
Recent research conducted by scholars from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the Max Planck…
3 March 2025
New Research Uncovers Earliest Evidence of Humans in Rainforests, Pushing Timeline Back 150,000 Years
The rainforests, as important biomes on earth, were considered uninhabited until recent history. New findings now…
4 October 2023
Mysterious and Life-size camel carvings have been found in Saudi Arabian desert
Archaeologists have found life-size camel carvings on a rock near the southern border of Saudi Arabia's…
17 August 2023
Ötzi the Iceman Had Dark Skin, Bald Head and Anatolian Ancestry -New study rewrites ancient history
New DNA analysis by German researchers shows that the famous glacier mummy Ötzi may have had…
1 April 2022
Study Reveals Mysterious Avars Origin
Ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years, the Avars were less well known…
2 March 2022
Archaeologists discover innovative 40,000-year-old culture in China
Ancient hunter-gatherers living in what is now China may have been the first people in East…
4 February 2022
Rare African Script Offers Clues to the Evolution of Writing Systems
The world's very first invention of writing took place over 5000 years ago in the Middle…
11 November 2021
A new study attributes Japanese, Korean and Turkish languages all to a common ancestor in northeastern China
According to a new study, modern languages ranging from Japanese and Korean to Turkish and Mongolian…