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Britain's Last Neanderthals Were More Sophisticated Than We Thought
June 23, 2008 — An archaeological excavation at a site near Pulborough, West Sussex, has thrown remarkable new light on the life of northern Europe's last Neanderthals. It provides a snapshot of a thriving, ... > full story -
Leicestershire Burial Mounds Reveal Ancestral Insights
June 16, 2008 — Researchers have recently completed work on the results of three closely related Bronze Age round barrows excavated at Cossington, Leicestershire. Their excavations revealed a variety of burial ... > full story -
New Research Refutes Myth Of Pure Scandinavian Race
June 10, 2008 — A team of forensic scientists at the University of Copenhagen has studied human remains found in two ancient Danish burial grounds dating back to the iron age, and discovered a man who appears to be ... > full story -
Stonehenge Could Have Been Resting Place For Royalty
May 30, 2008 — Archaeologists at the University of Sheffield have revealed new radiocarbon dates of human cremation burials at Stonehenge, which indicate that the monument was used as a cemetery from its inception ... > full story -
Authentic Viking DNA Retrieved From 1,000-year-old Skeletons
May 28, 2008 — Although "Viking" literally means "pirate," recent research has indicated that the Vikings were also traders to the fishmongers of Europe. Stereotypically, these Norsemen are usually pictured wearing ... > full story -
Is Indy Chasing A Fake? Two Well-known Crystal Skulls Did Not, After All, Come From Ancient Mexico
May 25, 2008 — Two well-known crystal skulls, held in the British Museum and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, did not come from ancient Mexico as was once thought. Modern scientific techniques suggest ... > full story -
Archaeologist Uses Satellite Imagery To Explore Ancient Mexico
May 14, 2008 — Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archaeologists peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archaeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most ... > full story -
Ancient Sunflower Fuels Debate About Agriculture In The Americas
April 30, 2008 — Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Florida State University have confirmed evidence of domesticated sunflower in Mexico -- 4,000 years before what had been previously ... > full story -
Archaeologists Find 18th Century Log Road In Annapolis, Maryland, US
April 24, 2008 — Archaeologists have uncovered traces of a very early log road deep under an Annapolis street -- the first ever found in the city and perhaps one of the oldest such finds in the Washington, D.C. area. ... > full story -
Unearthing Clues Of Catastrophic Earthquakes
April 18, 2008 — The destruction and disappearance of ancient cultures mark the history of human civilization, making for fascinating stories and cautionary tales. The longevity of today's societies may depend upon ... > full story -
Ancient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of A Human Society
April 11, 2008 — Archaeologists have reconstructed the history of the evolution of human population and answered questions about history, using DNA extracted from skeleton remains at the Aldaieta necropolis. It is ... > full story -
Archaeologist Helps Community By Keeping African Artifacts In Africa
April 11, 2008 — It is common for professional archaeologists and paleoanthropologists working in Africa to populate western museums with foreign artifacts by excavating and permanently removing them from history ... > full story
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