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Archaeologists Identify Oldest Spear Points: Used in Hunting Half-Million Years Ago
November 15, 2012 — A collaborative study found that human ancestors were making stone-tipped weapons 500,000 years ago at the South African archaeological site of Kathu Pan 1 -- 200,000 years earlier than previously ... > full storyMore: -
Desecrated Ancient Temple Sheds Light on Early Power Struggles at Tel Beth-Shemesh
November 12, 2012 — In a finding unparalleled in the archaeological record, researchers have uncovered evidence of the desecration of a sacred temple at the excavation of Tel Beth-Shemesh in ... > full story -
Mongolia and the Altai Mountains: Origins of Genetic Blending Between Europeans and Asians
November 12, 2012 — A group of researchers has discovered the first scientific evidence of genetic blending between Europeans and Asians in the remains of ancient Scythian warriors living over 2,000 years ago in the ... > full story -
Extreme Weather Preceded Collapse of Ancient Maya Civilization
November 8, 2012 — Decades of extreme weather crippled, and ultimately decimated, first the political culture and later the human population of the ancient Maya, according to a new ... > full storyMore: -
Small Lethal Tools Have Big Implications for Early Modern Human Complexity
November 7, 2012 — On the south coast of South Africa, scientists have found evidence for an advanced stone age technology dated to 71,000 years ago at Pinnacle Point near Mossel Bay. When combined with other findings ... > full story -
Archeologists Examine One of the Oldest Hoards Found in Europe
November 6, 2012 — Jewelry and female figurines from Belica, Serbia are now on ... > full story -
Grey Friars Female Skeleton Is Possibly of Founder
October 30, 2012 — Archaeologists leading the analysis of human remains found in the search for Richard III have commented on the second skeleton found at the Church of Grey Friars in ... > full story -
Most Ancient Pottery Prehistoric Figurine of the Iberian Peninsula Found in Begues
October 26, 2012 — In the course of the excavation process in Can Sadurní cave (Begues), archeologists found the torso, with one complete arm and the initial part of the other, of a human figurine made of ... > full story -
Native American Ancestors' Diet Part of Study and Challenge
October 24, 2012 — A diverse group of volunteers has committed one year to eating foods indigenous to the Great Lakes region in an effort to replicate the Native American diet prior to ... > full story -
Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequences of Ancient New Zealanders
October 22, 2012 — Scientists have sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes for members of what was likely to be one of the first groups of Polynesians to settle New Zealand and have revealed a surprising degree of ... > full story
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