Tag: human origins

In the late ‘80s, a team of Soviet and West African archaeologists discovered an African rainforest site that had the ...

Vikings have a reputation as hardy, healthy folk. But scanning 15 of their skulls with modern imaging revealed they likely ...

On August 10, 1628, Vasa, the would-be jewel of Sweden’s navy sank only minutes after departing Stockholm. This tragedy – ...

One would expect a mummy to smell moldy, musty, and mildewy. But the first study to systematically sniff the wrapped ...

In the cave of El Mirón in northern Spain, intrigue surrounds a woman who was laid to rest there 19,000 ...

The story of Homo sapiens is written largely in artifacts. Countless tools, potsherds, and other relics line museum shelves, illuminating ...

Although we often associate dogs as man’s best friend, new information suggests that sheep may have been by our side ...

Centuries of votive offerings cast into a lake in Denmark and other archaeological discoveries have revealed that barbarian warriors may ...

When Homo neanderthalensis first came in contact with Homo sapiens around 50,000 years ago, in what’s now the Middle East, ...

Sometimes it’s good not to wash the dishes. Food preparation tools recovered from an Israel archeological excavation that started in ...