Genetic Links Revealed: Did the Huns Descend from the Xiongnu Elite?
The Huns burst onto the stage of European history in the 370s CE, establishing a...
DNA Reveals the Complex History of the Fulani
The Fulani people, one of Africa's largest and most widespread pastoral populations, have long been...
The Human Story of the Little Ice Age
The study of past climates has long relied on natural records, such as glaciers, sediments,...
The Unexpected Origin of Money
The origin of money has long been a subject of debate among scholars, with two...
The Taung Child at 100: Examining the Past, Present, and Future of Paleoanthropology in Africa
Here's how the story of the Taung Child is usually told: In 1924 an Australian...
New Fossil Evidence Reveals Scales on the Flippers of a Jurassic Plesiosaur
A fascinating new study has uncovered a surprising feature of a plesiosaur, a marine reptile...
The Red Lady and the Secrets of SedaDNA
Around 19,000 years ago, a woman from a group of hunter-gatherers met her end and...
Lost Works of “The Great Geometer” Found in Dutch Library
Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician...
New Evidence of Cannibalism in 18,000-Year-Old Polish Cave Site
A groundbreaking study led by a team of archaeologists, paleontologists, and historians from Spain, Germany,...
The Origins of Funerary Palaces in the Southern Levant
The enigmatic Funerary Palaces of the southern Levant have long been a subject of scholarly...
Dental Evidence Suggests Widespread Labret Use Among Paleolithic Europeans
In an exciting new study, a biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal,...
New Discoveries in the Origins of Indo-European Languages
The Indo-European language family is the most widely spoken in the world today, with over...
Tayler-Spruit Dynamo Mechanism Explains the Formation of Low-Field Magnetars
An international team of scientists has made significant strides in understanding the formation and evolution...
Largest Single-Burial Bead Assemblage Ever Found Reveals Elite Status in Chalcolithic Spain
A groundbreaking discovery in southwestern Spain has provided remarkable insights into the ancient practices of...
6,000 Years of Sustainable Herding in Spain
The Neolithic period marks a pivotal moment in the history of human civilization, with communities...
Earliest Known Runes Discovered in Norwegian Burial Site
The discovery of several sandstone fragments inscribed with ancient runes from Svingerud, a grave field...
Ancient Sheep Genomes Reveal Human-Directed Selection and Extensive Prehistoric Migrations
Sheep have been an integral part of human civilization for over 11,000 years, and their...
Lidar Uncovers Hidden Zapotec City in Oaxaca, Mexico
A groundbreaking discovery by a McGill University researcher has revealed the true nature of Guiengola,...
Archaeologists Discover Lost Residence of Harold Godwinson, Last Anglo-Saxon King of England
In a groundbreaking revelation, a team of archaeologists from Newcastle University and the University of...
Early Human Sites Discovered in Iraq’s Western Desert
In November and December of 2024, Ella Egberts, a researcher from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB),...
Rediscovered Papyrus Reveals Details of Roman Legal Proceedings in Judea and Arabia
A newly uncovered Greek papyrus, recently published by scholars from the Austrian Academy of Sciences,...