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Researchers analysed carbon and nitrogen isotopes in bone collagen from four burial sites across Cambridge. These isotopes cannot identify specific meals, but they can indicate the general sources of dietary protein over a person’s lifetime.
Researchers analysed carbon and nitrogen isotopes in bone collagen from four burial sites across Cambridge. These isotopes cannot identify specific meals, but they can indicate the general sources of dietary protein over a person’s lifetime.
Medieval Diets Varied by Social Status in England, Study Finds - Medievalists.net
New isotope research reveals how social status shaped medieval diets in England, showing differences between friars, townspeople, rural residents, and hospital burials.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Researchers analysed carbon and nitrogen isotopes in bone collagen from four burial sites across Cambridge. These isotopes cannot identify specific meals, but they can indicate the general sources of dietary protein over a person’s lifetime.
Researchers analysed carbon and nitrogen isotopes in bone collagen from four burial sites across Cambridge. These isotopes cannot identify specific meals, but they can indicate the general sources of dietary protein over a person’s lifetime.
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Found in a cave in Oregon, the tattered artifact was made around 12,000 years ago, during the end of the last Ice Age.
Found in a cave in Oregon, the tattered artifact was made around 12,000 years ago, during the end of the last Ice Age.
These 12,000-Year-Old Scraps of Elk Hide May Be the World's Oldest Known Examples of Sewing
Indigenous groups in present-day Oregon stitched the fragments together using cord made from plant fiber and animal hair. Experts think they may have been part of a garment, bag, container or portable...
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February 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Found in a cave in Oregon, the tattered artifact was made around 12,000 years ago, during the end of the last Ice Age.
Found in a cave in Oregon, the tattered artifact was made around 12,000 years ago, during the end of the last Ice Age.
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The team has determined that these remains are the third oldest Mesolithic burial in North West Europe and present some of the earliest dates for human activity in Britain after the end of the last Ice Age.
The team has determined that these remains are the third oldest Mesolithic burial in North West Europe and present some of the earliest dates for human activity in Britain after the end of the last Ice Age.
DNA analysis reveals Northern Britain’s oldest human remains are of a young female child
Oldest human remains ever found in Northern Britain have been identified as a young female three years after being discovered in Cumbria Heaning Wood Bone Cave
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February 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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The team has determined that these remains are the third oldest Mesolithic burial in North West Europe and present some of the earliest dates for human activity in Britain after the end of the last Ice Age.
The team has determined that these remains are the third oldest Mesolithic burial in North West Europe and present some of the earliest dates for human activity in Britain after the end of the last Ice Age.
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The study analyzed complete human genomes from individuals who lived across a region that encompasses modern-day Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, between 8500 and 1700 BCE.
The study analyzed complete human genomes from individuals who lived across a region that encompasses modern-day Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, between 8500 and 1700 BCE.
Ancient DNA suggests hunter-gatherers in Europe's lowlands endured until 2500 BCE
Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have used ancient DNA to reveal that hunter-gatherers in one part of Europe survived for thousands of years longer than anywhere else on the continent—and...
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February 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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The study analyzed complete human genomes from individuals who lived across a region that encompasses modern-day Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, between 8500 and 1700 BCE.
The study analyzed complete human genomes from individuals who lived across a region that encompasses modern-day Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, between 8500 and 1700 BCE.
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Sami agriculture has deep roots in coastal Sami areas, from Trøndelag county in the south to Finnmark county in the north. Here, livestock farming and crop cultivation have been part of Sami life since the 1300s.
Sami agriculture has deep roots in coastal Sami areas, from Trøndelag county in the south to Finnmark county in the north. Here, livestock farming and crop cultivation have been part of Sami life since the 1300s.
Sami agriculture – an important carrier of culture - Nibio
Sami culture is best known for reindeer herding. But did you know that agriculture has also been an important part of Sami culture since the 14th century? Since then, it has been both a livelihood and...
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February 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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Sami agriculture has deep roots in coastal Sami areas, from Trøndelag county in the south to Finnmark county in the north. Here, livestock farming and crop cultivation have been part of Sami life since the 1300s.
Sami agriculture has deep roots in coastal Sami areas, from Trøndelag county in the south to Finnmark county in the north. Here, livestock farming and crop cultivation have been part of Sami life since the 1300s.
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The previously unknown site located at the Umm Irak Plateau has a 100-metre-long rock formation whose diverse carvings trace the evolution of human artistic expression from prehistoric times to the Islamic era.
The previously unknown site located at the Umm Irak Plateau has a 100-metre-long rock formation whose diverse carvings trace the evolution of human artistic expression from prehistoric times to the Islamic era.
10,000-Year-Old Symbols And Art Found in Egyptian Rock Formation
Archaeologists have discovered a 10,000-year-old site with rock art in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, the country's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said Thursday.
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February 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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The previously unknown site located at the Umm Irak Plateau has a 100-metre-long rock formation whose diverse carvings trace the evolution of human artistic expression from prehistoric times to the Islamic era.
The previously unknown site located at the Umm Irak Plateau has a 100-metre-long rock formation whose diverse carvings trace the evolution of human artistic expression from prehistoric times to the Islamic era.
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Once the centrepiece of the most northerly known temple to the god Mithras in the whole of the Roman empire, the altars were excavated at Inveresk, East Lothian. Dating to the 140s - when southern Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius.
Once the centrepiece of the most northerly known temple to the god Mithras in the whole of the Roman empire, the altars were excavated at Inveresk, East Lothian. Dating to the 140s - when southern Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius.
Rare Roman altars acquired for the nation will go on display in the autumn | National Museums Scotland News
Two spectacular stone altars from a Roman fort near Edinburgh have been acquired for the National Collection ahead of a major exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland. The rare carvings are among...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Once the centrepiece of the most northerly known temple to the god Mithras in the whole of the Roman empire, the altars were excavated at Inveresk, East Lothian. Dating to the 140s - when southern Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius.
Once the centrepiece of the most northerly known temple to the god Mithras in the whole of the Roman empire, the altars were excavated at Inveresk, East Lothian. Dating to the 140s - when southern Scotland was reoccupied under Antoninus Pius.
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These findings provide the clearest picture yet of where the world’s earliest agricultural plants once grew and the kind of landscapes ancient communities lived in when they transitioned from foraging to farming.
These findings provide the clearest picture yet of where the world’s earliest agricultural plants once grew and the kind of landscapes ancient communities lived in when they transitioned from foraging to farming.
New study maps where wheat, barley and rye grew before the first farmers found them
Using advanced machine-learning and climate models, researchers have shown that the ancestors of crops like wheat, barley, and rye probably were much less widespread in the Middle East 12,000 years ag...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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These findings provide the clearest picture yet of where the world’s earliest agricultural plants once grew and the kind of landscapes ancient communities lived in when they transitioned from foraging to farming.
These findings provide the clearest picture yet of where the world’s earliest agricultural plants once grew and the kind of landscapes ancient communities lived in when they transitioned from foraging to farming.
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Officials were clued into the tomb’s location by an anonymous report of looting at the site.
Officials were clued into the tomb’s location by an anonymous report of looting at the site.
This Carved, Painted Zapotec Tomb Is Mexico's Most Important Archaeological Discovery in a Decade
The tomb features the carvings of a huge owl head and at least three probable ancestors
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February 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Officials were clued into the tomb’s location by an anonymous report of looting at the site.
Officials were clued into the tomb’s location by an anonymous report of looting at the site.
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Researchers discovered that the wear on the stone is most likely linked to the playing of so-called blocking games: board games in which the goal is to prevent the opponent from moving.
Researchers discovered that the wear on the stone is most likely linked to the playing of so-called blocking games: board games in which the goal is to prevent the opponent from moving.
Researchers crack the rules of unknown board game from the Roman period
Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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Researchers discovered that the wear on the stone is most likely linked to the playing of so-called blocking games: board games in which the goal is to prevent the opponent from moving.
Researchers discovered that the wear on the stone is most likely linked to the playing of so-called blocking games: board games in which the goal is to prevent the opponent from moving.
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When first published in the 1920s, the artefact - which is only 63 millimetres long and weighs about 1.5 grams - was described as “a little awl of copper, with some leather thong wound round it.”
When first published in the 1920s, the artefact - which is only 63 millimetres long and weighs about 1.5 grams - was described as “a little awl of copper, with some leather thong wound round it.”
5,300-year-old ‘bow drill’ rewrites story of ancient Egyptian tools
A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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When first published in the 1920s, the artefact - which is only 63 millimetres long and weighs about 1.5 grams - was described as “a little awl of copper, with some leather thong wound round it.”
When first published in the 1920s, the artefact - which is only 63 millimetres long and weighs about 1.5 grams - was described as “a little awl of copper, with some leather thong wound round it.”
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The decision follows the formal request from the NCMM, made in January 2022, for the return of artefacts taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897.
The decision follows the formal request from the NCMM, made in January 2022, for the return of artefacts taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897.
Cambridge University returns legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts to Nigeria's National Commission for Museums and Monuments
The University of Cambridge today announces it has transferred legal ownership of 116 Benin artefacts in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) collections to Nigeria’s National Commission f...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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The decision follows the formal request from the NCMM, made in January 2022, for the return of artefacts taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897.
The decision follows the formal request from the NCMM, made in January 2022, for the return of artefacts taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897.
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The excavation commenced in 2020 on Rue Bildchen. The INRA’s work has uncovered a Merovingian settlement which is not only unusual in its size and condition for Luxembourg, but for Europe as a whole.
The excavation commenced in 2020 on Rue Bildchen. The INRA’s work has uncovered a Merovingian settlement which is not only unusual in its size and condition for Luxembourg, but for Europe as a whole.
'We have achieved a sensation': 6,000 Merovingian objects discovered in Rollingen
Excavations at the site near Mersch have been ongoing for six years, but are just a fraction of the overall work.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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The excavation commenced in 2020 on Rue Bildchen. The INRA’s work has uncovered a Merovingian settlement which is not only unusual in its size and condition for Luxembourg, but for Europe as a whole.
The excavation commenced in 2020 on Rue Bildchen. The INRA’s work has uncovered a Merovingian settlement which is not only unusual in its size and condition for Luxembourg, but for Europe as a whole.
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The bone was found beneath a collapsed adobe wall sealing a single level of occupation. Although it was in poor shape, the 10-cm, cube-shaped bone was identified through anatomical comparison with modern elephant and mammoth specimens.
The bone was found beneath a collapsed adobe wall sealing a single level of occupation. Although it was in poor shape, the 10-cm, cube-shaped bone was identified through anatomical comparison with modern elephant and mammoth specimens.
Hannibal's famous war elephants: Single bone in Spain offers first direct evidence
Historical accounts of the Punic Wars—and many other ancient wars—often paint a picture of soldiers riding in on imposing "war elephants." Yet, no skeletal remains of these war elephants had ever been...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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The bone was found beneath a collapsed adobe wall sealing a single level of occupation. Although it was in poor shape, the 10-cm, cube-shaped bone was identified through anatomical comparison with modern elephant and mammoth specimens.
The bone was found beneath a collapsed adobe wall sealing a single level of occupation. Although it was in poor shape, the 10-cm, cube-shaped bone was identified through anatomical comparison with modern elephant and mammoth specimens.
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For the National Trust, this land acquisition was as much about preserving the giant’s surrounding landscape as it was about protecting the giant.
For the National Trust, this land acquisition was as much about preserving the giant’s surrounding landscape as it was about protecting the giant.
This Massive Hillside Figure Has Mystified Historians for Centuries. Now, Donations Have Secured the Surrounding Landscape
The National Trust has purchased the land around England's Cerne Abbas Giant, which will help protect the mysterious chalk figure and nearby wildlife for future generations
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February 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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For the National Trust, this land acquisition was as much about preserving the giant’s surrounding landscape as it was about protecting the giant.
For the National Trust, this land acquisition was as much about preserving the giant’s surrounding landscape as it was about protecting the giant.
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The research team analysed a stalagmite from Heshang Cave in the middle Yangtze Valley to create a precisely dated "rainfall yearbook".
The research team analysed a stalagmite from Heshang Cave in the middle Yangtze Valley to create a precisely dated "rainfall yearbook".
Researchers discover that ancient floods "rewrote" civilizations
A new study involving researchers from Oxford’s Department of Earth Sciences has finally solved the mystery of what caused the collapse of an Ancient Chinese civilization – finding that widespread
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February 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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The research team analysed a stalagmite from Heshang Cave in the middle Yangtze Valley to create a precisely dated "rainfall yearbook".
The research team analysed a stalagmite from Heshang Cave in the middle Yangtze Valley to create a precisely dated "rainfall yearbook".
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The burial pit, found on the outskirts of Cambridge, may date from a time when the area was a “frontier zone” in the conflict between the Saxon-run kingdom of Mercia and the kingdom of East Anglia, which was conquered by the Vikings in around 870 AD (CE).
The burial pit, found on the outskirts of Cambridge, may date from a time when the area was a “frontier zone” in the conflict between the Saxon-run kingdom of Mercia and the kingdom of East Anglia, which was conquered by the Vikings in around 870 AD (CE).
Cambridge students help unearth possible Viking-era ‘execution pit’ on training dig
A pit containing both complete and dismembered bodies may date to when Cambridgeshire was a borderland between Saxon and Viking kingdoms – and includes an exceptionally tall individual with a hole tre...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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The burial pit, found on the outskirts of Cambridge, may date from a time when the area was a “frontier zone” in the conflict between the Saxon-run kingdom of Mercia and the kingdom of East Anglia, which was conquered by the Vikings in around 870 AD (CE).
The burial pit, found on the outskirts of Cambridge, may date from a time when the area was a “frontier zone” in the conflict between the Saxon-run kingdom of Mercia and the kingdom of East Anglia, which was conquered by the Vikings in around 870 AD (CE).
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A survey and investigation of the 'Ain Braq aqueduct of the ancient city of Petra, discovered that, unlike previously believed, the aqueduct actually featured two main conduits: one terracotta and one lead.
A survey and investigation of the 'Ain Braq aqueduct of the ancient city of Petra, discovered that, unlike previously believed, the aqueduct actually featured two main conduits: one terracotta and one lead.
Petra aqueduct survey uncovers rare 116-meter lead conduit beside terracotta pipe
In a recent study, Niklas Jungmann from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin conducted a survey and investigation of the 'Ain Braq aqueduct of the ancient city of Petra. It was discovered that, unlike p...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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A survey and investigation of the 'Ain Braq aqueduct of the ancient city of Petra, discovered that, unlike previously believed, the aqueduct actually featured two main conduits: one terracotta and one lead.
A survey and investigation of the 'Ain Braq aqueduct of the ancient city of Petra, discovered that, unlike previously believed, the aqueduct actually featured two main conduits: one terracotta and one lead.
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Archaeologists discovered a complete human skeleton buried within the mound. Radiocarbon (C14) analysis dated the remains to the first half of the 14th century. This means the individual was interred approximately three millennia after the tumulus was constructed.
Archaeologists discovered a complete human skeleton buried within the mound. Radiocarbon (C14) analysis dated the remains to the first half of the 14th century. This means the individual was interred approximately three millennia after the tumulus was constructed.
Ancient Brijuni burial site reveals 3,000 years of human presence
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February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Archaeologists discovered a complete human skeleton buried within the mound. Radiocarbon (C14) analysis dated the remains to the first half of the 14th century. This means the individual was interred approximately three millennia after the tumulus was constructed.
Archaeologists discovered a complete human skeleton buried within the mound. Radiocarbon (C14) analysis dated the remains to the first half of the 14th century. This means the individual was interred approximately three millennia after the tumulus was constructed.
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Based on the chemical results, the researchers conclude that the unguentarium contained a medicine prepared from human poop to which thyme or oregano had been added probably to shield its user from its unpleasant smell.
Based on the chemical results, the researchers conclude that the unguentarium contained a medicine prepared from human poop to which thyme or oregano had been added probably to shield its user from its unpleasant smell.
Ancient Romans used human feces to make medicines
Biomarkers show the excrement was human, not animal
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February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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Based on the chemical results, the researchers conclude that the unguentarium contained a medicine prepared from human poop to which thyme or oregano had been added probably to shield its user from its unpleasant smell.
Based on the chemical results, the researchers conclude that the unguentarium contained a medicine prepared from human poop to which thyme or oregano had been added probably to shield its user from its unpleasant smell.
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Professor Naomi Sykes, of the University of Exeter, will spend the next three years working on a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, providing important context on the value of archaeological archives.
Professor Naomi Sykes, of the University of Exeter, will spend the next three years working on a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, providing important context on the value of archaeological archives.
New research fellowship seeking to address the UK’s ‘crisis’ of archaeological curation
A leading authority on the interaction between animals, humans and the environment through history has been awarded a prestigious national fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust, focusing on the crisis ...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Professor Naomi Sykes, of the University of Exeter, will spend the next three years working on a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, providing important context on the value of archaeological archives.
Professor Naomi Sykes, of the University of Exeter, will spend the next three years working on a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, providing important context on the value of archaeological archives.
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Though scientists first speculated that his death was caused by an animal attack, the claims were never investigated until recently, when researchers reanalysed the lesions and traumatic injuries using a technique called optic magnification.
Though scientists first speculated that his death was caused by an animal attack, the claims were never investigated until recently, when researchers reanalysed the lesions and traumatic injuries using a technique called optic magnification.
A foraging teenager was mauled by a bear 27,000 years ago, skeleton shows
The remains of a teenage boy who lived around 27,000 years ago suggest he was attacked by a cave bear—some of the first direct evidence of a predator attacking an ancient human
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January 31, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Though scientists first speculated that his death was caused by an animal attack, the claims were never investigated until recently, when researchers reanalysed the lesions and traumatic injuries using a technique called optic magnification.
Though scientists first speculated that his death was caused by an animal attack, the claims were never investigated until recently, when researchers reanalysed the lesions and traumatic injuries using a technique called optic magnification.
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Discovery of rock art at Kolsåstoppen, a hill in Bærum, Eastern Norway.
Discovery of rock art at Kolsåstoppen, a hill in Bærum, Eastern Norway.
Take a look at what a rock carving hunter found
'Out of sheer habit, I glanced around here and there. Suddenly I came across a place with several unbelievably beautiful rock carvings.'
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January 31, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Discovery of rock art at Kolsåstoppen, a hill in Bærum, Eastern Norway.
Discovery of rock art at Kolsåstoppen, a hill in Bærum, Eastern Norway.
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A series of new papers use the current dataset of ancient genomes from across Eurasia, numbering more than 4000 individuals in total across the time from 40,000 years ago up to 600 years ago.
A series of new papers use the current dataset of ancient genomes from across Eurasia, numbering more than 4000 individuals in total across the time from 40,000 years ago up to 600 years ago.
Tracing the wave of Neanderthal-modern interactions
A rapid expansion of modern people ran into Neanderthals and mixed with them nearly to the ends of their range.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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A series of new papers use the current dataset of ancient genomes from across Eurasia, numbering more than 4000 individuals in total across the time from 40,000 years ago up to 600 years ago.
A series of new papers use the current dataset of ancient genomes from across Eurasia, numbering more than 4000 individuals in total across the time from 40,000 years ago up to 600 years ago.
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Three newly discovered monuments from Scotland’s prehistory that have now been recognised as monuments of national importance.
Three newly discovered monuments from Scotland’s prehistory that have now been recognised as monuments of national importance.
Lost and Found: Rediscovering Scotland’s Forgotten Prehistory - Historic Environment Scotland Blog
Sites (Bronze Age barrow, Iron Age fort, and settlement) were found using lidar technology, rediscovering Scotland's forgotten prehistory
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January 29, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Three newly discovered monuments from Scotland’s prehistory that have now been recognised as monuments of national importance.
Three newly discovered monuments from Scotland’s prehistory that have now been recognised as monuments of national importance.