Tag: archaeology

In the 1950s, an American anthropologist, Ralph Solecki, discovered the remains of 10 Neanderthals in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.  Solecki ...

An artefact made from a mammoth tusk is the oldest known boomerangTalamo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 The ...

Brown forest wallabies spread to several islands thousands of years agoMehd Halaouate, Birdingindonesia.com As early as 12,800 years ago, people ...

A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be ...

Footprints that stroll through a patchy area of Grecian beach 6 million years ago has caused researchers to rethink the ...

When imagining what archaeologists find during excavations of ancient human remains, we might think only of bones — dry, silent, ...

Archaeologists excavate part of the medieval wall system in MongoliaGideon Shelach-Lavi et al. 2025 Long before the Great Wall of ...

Brains preserved for hundreds of years can contain intact proteinsAlexandra Morton-Hayward It is now possible to obtain proteins from preserved ...

Artistic mediums certainly change. While modern humans have paint and paper, ancient humans had ochre and pebbles. However, both work ...

Ħaġar Qim, a megalithic temple complex in southern MaltaFelix Choo / Alamy Stock Photo Several 5000-year-old temples in Malta seem ...