Exploring Possible Neandertal Hunting Tactics: The Chough Bird Strategy Juan Negro crouched in the shadows just outside a cave, wearing his headlamp. For a brief moment, he wasn’t an ornithologist at the Spanish National Research Council’s Doñana Biological Station in…
What 15,000-Year-Old Ear Infections Reveal About Ancient and Modern Human Health Tel Aviv University researchers have found evidence of ear infections in the remains of people living in the Levant around 15,000 years ago in the skull. The lead author…
48,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Baby Teeth Reveal Weaning Patterns Similar to Modern Humans A big landmark in human evolution is the moment a baby weans from milk to eating solid foods, and now a recent study shows that ancient Neanderthal babies might have taken…
Rare 1000-Year-Old Maya Canoe Found in Yucatan Cenote Archaeologists have discovered a wooden Maya canoe in southern Mexico, believed to be over 1,000 years old. Measuring over 5ft (1.6m), it was found almost completely intact, submerged in a freshwater pool…
4,000-Year-Old Human Skeletons and Relics Discovered in Pingtung, Taiwan: Archaeological Breakthrough Taipei, July 27 (CNA) Archaeologists in Taiwan confirmed Wednesday that a large number of human skeletons and shell tools unearthed in Pingtung County are about 4,000 years old, which…
5700-Year-Old Child Skeleton Unearthed in Turkish City of Malatya A 5,700-year-old skeleton of a noble-born child has been found buried in the ruins of a Copper Age Turkish house. Anthropologists believe the bones belonged to a six-year-old who most likely…
South American Mummies Were Brutally Murdered, CT Scans Reveal One secret of the past that can be revealed through the study of skulls and skeletons is how frequent violence was amongst our ancestors. However, with their preserved soft tissues, mummified…
The 4,000-Year-Old Shell Tool Site Unearthed in Taiwan is Oldest in Pacific A 4,000-year-old cemetery and shell tool processing site has been discovered in Kenting National Park, Taiwan’s oldest and southernmost national park on the main island, covering the southernmost region of…
Burial Site with Dozens of Skeletons Discovered in France Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have uncovered a significant Burial site near Lac du Bourget in the Savoie department of France. This cemetery believed to date…
