Newswise — Although the prehistoric site of Eynan-Mallaha in northern Israel has been thoroughly examined since 1955, it still holds some surprises for scientists. Seven prehistoric wind instruments…
Read more Earliest Levantine wind instruments foundNewswise — Recent research has hypothesised that the earliest evidence of human lip kissing originated in a very specific geographical location in South Asia 3,500 years ago, from…
Read more Earliest Human Kiss Recorded in Mesopotamia 4,500 Years AgoNewswise — The contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins — which were imaged using a non-invasive technique — are described in a study published in Scientific Reports.…
Read more Unveiling the secrets of sealed animal coffins in ancient EgyptNewswise — The story of human evolution has long been a tale of a forested Africa that gradually became drier, giving rise to open grasslands and causing our…
Read more Africa: Open Habitats 10M Yrs Older Than Thought – New StudiesNewswise — “Horses have been part of us since long before other cultures came to our lands, and we are a part of them,” states Chief Joe American…
Read more The untold history of the horse in the American Plains, a new future for the worldNewswise — The researchers discovered evidence of horse riding by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans, which were between 4500-5000 years old. The…
Read more The world’s first horse ridersNewswise — Some cities only last a century or two, while others last for a thousand years or more. Often, there aren’t clear records left behind to explain…
Read more Archaeological study of 24 ancient Mexican cities reveals that collective forms of governance, infrastructural investments, and collaboration all help societies last longerNewswise — If the emergence of mechanically propelled weapons in prehistory is commonly perceived as one of the hallmarks of the advance of modern human populations into the…
Read more Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, FranceNewswise — Along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools ever found to butcher…
Read more 2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone toolsDescriptions and phrases used in the Revelation of John are similar in terminology to those appearing on curse tablets produced in antiquity and the associated sorcery rituals Curse…
Read more Echoes of ancient curse tablets identified in the Book of RevelationNewswise — New research has revealed that the process of ‘peopling’ the entire continent of Sahul — the combined mega continent that joined Australia with New Guinea when…
Read more Remapping the superhighways travelled by the first Australians reveals a 10,000-year journey through the continentNewswise — Around 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the Fertile Crescent of the Near…
Read more Evolution of wheat spikes since the Neolithic revolutionNewswise — A short biography of pioneering scientist Mary Anning, written in the final ten years of her life, has been made public for the very first time.…
Read more New biography of famous palaeontologist Mary Anning unearthed from University of Bristol archivesNewswise — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The length of a specific generation can tell us a lot about the biology and social organization of humans. Now, researchers at Indiana…
Read more Study reveals average age at conception for men versus women over past 250,000 yearsNewswise — More than 500 years ago in the midwestern Guatemalan highlands, Maya people bought and sold goods with far less oversight from their rulers than many archeologists…
Read more New study suggests Mayas utilized market-based economicsNewswise — A new study shows that the Bering Land Bridge, the strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska, emerged far later during the last ice…
Read more Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice ageNewswise — Analysis of more than 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites has shown that pottery-making techniques spread vast distances over a short period of time through social traditions…
Read more Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making far and wideNewswise — Modern humans evolutionarily split from our chimpanzee ancestors nearly 7 million years ago, yet we are continuing to evolve. 155 new genes have been identified within…
Read more Humans continue to evolve with the emergence of new genesNewswise — ST. LOUIS – Atria Larson, Ph.D., associate professor of Medieval Christianity at Saint Louis University, has been awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant through the National Endowment…
Read more SLU Researcher Receives NEH Grant to Create Platform to Share Medieval Interpretations of Culture-Shaping TextNewswise — Ancient owl-shaped slate engraved plaques, dating from around 5,000 years ago in the Iberian Peninsula, may have been created by children as toys, suggests a paper…
Read more Archaeology: Owl-shaped plaques may have been on Copper Age children’s wish list
