New secrets of human evolution unlocked in study of ancient DNA from Europe and Near East
Some 4,000 years ago, as ancient civilizations such as the Minoans in Crete and the Neo-Sumerian Empire in…
A Hundred Thousand Years Ago, Humans and Neanderthals Built a Shared Culture in This Cave
Artistic depiction of an ancient Neanderthal around a campfire. Humans and Neanderthals not only coexisted and interbred, but…
2,000-year-old wall paintings reveal ingenious house painters
A new chemical study of the splendid wall paintings of the Domus of Salvius in present-day Cartagena discovered…
‘Space archaeology’ used for first time ever to trace the history of faraway galaxy
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have pioneered a groundbreaking technique to reconstruct the 12-billion-year history of…
Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
Creating birch tar using Neanderthal methods. Image credits: University of Cologne. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000…
Local agricultural transition, crisis and migration in the Southern Andes
The Emergence of Agriculture: A Global View (Routledge, 2007). Pearsall, D. M. in The Handbook of South American…
New dinosaur species discovered by scientists is gurning sea creature from Brazil, research reveals
Scientists have unearthed a peculiar prehistoric creature featuring a contorted jaw and teeth that faced sideways rather than…
New study shows Jordan Valley site is older than expected
Ubeidiya, a prehistoric site in the Jordan Valley, has been dated by researchers to be at least 1.9…
Seafarers were visiting remote Arctic islands over 4000 years ago
A site on Isbjørne Island where Palaeo-Inuit people erected a circular tent Matthew Walls, Mari Kleist, Pauline Knudsen…
430,000-year-old wooden tools are the oldest ever found
An undated photo provided by Nicholas Thompson shows small 430,000-year-old wooden tools of uncertain function recovered from a…
Handy work: Stencil rock paintings found in Indonesia may be world’s oldest cave art
By Euronews Culture with AP Published on 22/01/2026 – 8:58 GMT+1 •Updated 9:06 Scientists have discovered what may be the world’s…
Ancient DNA and isotope data reflect social diversity in an Eastern Zhou cemetery
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