Culinary Time Travel: Ancient Cauldrons Provide New Clues Regarding Bronze Age Diets
For a long time, archaeologists inferred the uses of ancient tools by referencing written documents and contextual hints. However, when it came to ancient dietary…
For a long time, archaeologists inferred the uses of ancient tools by referencing written documents and contextual hints. However, when it came to ancient dietary…
An international team of researchers has found evidence suggesting that the Hirota community, residing on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan from the late Yayoi era…
A recent study has discovered that teeth may have the ability to preserve antibodies for several centuries. This could provide scientists with a valuable resource…
According to a recent study, the cultural exchanges and interbreeding between African hunter-gatherers, Neolithic European agriculturists, and East-Saharan pastoralists significantly influenced shifts in lifestyles, cultural…
According to an analysis of eggshell fragments found at the Old Town archaeological site, scarlet macaws (Ara macao) were being bred in what is now…
Dr. Kevin C. Nolan and a team of scholars refuted a paper claiming a comet explosion caused the decline of the Hopewell culture 1,500 years…
Paleoclimate evidence indicates that roughly 1.1 million years ago, there was a significant drop in temperature in southern Europe. This climate shift likely led to…
While many associate cattle with iconic American imagery such as cowboys, cattle drives, and vast ranches, these animals were not native to the American continents….
A study, conducted across four distinct regions of Brazil, performed genomic data analysis of 34 fossils, comprising larger skeletal remains as well as the renowned…
Who lived at Machu Picchu at its height? New research, recently published in the journal Science Advances, leverages ancient DNA to unveil the origins of…
A small vessel of ointment discovered in a funerary urn from the ancient Roman city of Carmo, present-day Carmona in Seville province, has allowed a…
Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the earliest documented proof of wine consumption in the Americas within ceramic artifacts retrieved from a tiny…
New research delves into the enigma of the mass production of resin during the Cretaceous period, which led to the formation of amber. It emphasizes…
A new study recently published in the journal PLOS ONE details the oldest known scale plans of man-made megastructures. These engravings, which are estimated to…
The face of a 16-year-old woman, laid to rest near Cambridge (UK) in the 7th century, with the remarkably unique gold and garnet (the ‘Trumpington…
A new study concludes that social fragmentation and aggressive conflicts were instrumental in molding the population dynamics of early farming society during the Neolithic period…
New insights into how dinosaurs weather mid-Cretaceous ecological change. A new study reveals how a newly discovered dinosaur species, named Iani smithi, provides crucial insights…
Finger marks on a cave wall in France were created prior to the arrival of Homo sapiens in the region. According to a recent study…