Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya
Laland, K. N. & O’Brien, M. J. Niche construction theory and archaeology. J. Archaeol. Method Th. 1, 20…
Scientists Just Solved One of the Most Enduring Mysteries of the Easter Island Statues
The moai statues of Easter Island have long presented an enigma for researchers wondering how the ancient Rapa…
Easter Island mystery may be solved as study says statues ‘walked’ to ancient site
Turns out, the heads of Easter Island didn’t just sit there — they strutted their stuff. After centuries…
Discovery in Georgia Reveals How Bronze Age Smelters Sparked the Iron Age
A groundbreaking study from Georgia’s Kvemo Bolnisi site reveals that Bronze Age metallurgists were experimenting with iron oxides…
Scientists Finally Uncover the Origin of the Mysterious Bronzetti Figures
Close up of a Nuragic bronzetti, a bronze statuette of circa 10 cm height with the typical horned…
Klimt Painting Likely Top Lot This Auction Season, And More Art News
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HUMAN REMAINS. A new report has…
Living Descendants Provide Clues to the Genius’s Genetic Secrets
For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci’s genius has fascinated historians and scientists alike, but now researchers are closer than…
Bronze Age Britons Threw Massive Ragers With Food and Friends From Far Away
You can learn a lot about people by studying their trash, including populations that lived thousands of years…
Scientists Rewrite the Origins of the World’s First Pandemic
Researchers have finally identified genetic traces of the plague bacterium at the heart of the Byzantine Empire, providing…
Prehistoric Skull Found Fused to Cave Wall May Have Belonged to Mysterious Ancient Hominid
In 1960, a villager found something terrifyingly creepy in Greece’s Petralona cave—a humanoid cranium with a protrusion on…
Integrating historical sources for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation
McClenachan, L., Cooper, A. B., McKenzie, M. G. & Drew, J. A. The importance of surprising results and…
41,000 Years Ago, Something Weird in Space Changed How Humans Lived on Earth
Wandering magnetic fields would have had noticeable effects for humans. Credit: Maximilian Schanner (GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences,…