Mar 3SaveScienceArchaeology3/3/21ScienceArchaeology3/3/21How This Ancient, Defleshed Human Skull Ended Up in Such a Strange SpotGeorge Dvorsky22SaveArchaeologists may have finally figured out how a 5,300-year-old skull ended up on the ledge of a deep vertical cave…
Feb 25SaveScienceArchaeology2/25/21ScienceArchaeology2/25/21Human Remains Unearthed Where Colonial Williamsburg’s First Black Church Once StoodIsaac Schultz4SaveDespite the amount of history that sits atop its soil, plenty of stories remain buried below Colonial Williamsburg.…
Feb 23SaveScienceArchaeology2/23/21ScienceArchaeology2/23/21An Ancient Dog Bone Could Be Evidence of the Route Humans Took to North AmericaGeorge Dvorsky10SaveA fragment of 10,000-year-old dog bone found along the Alaskan coast could be the oldest evidence of domesticated…
Feb 23SaveScienceArchaeology2/23/21ScienceArchaeology2/23/21Of Course the Oldest Known Rock Painting in Australia Is of a KangarooGeorge Dvorsky13SaveArchaeologists have discovered a 17,300-year-old painting of a kangaroo at a rock shelter in Western Australia,…
Feb 17SaveScienceArchaeology2/17/21ScienceArchaeology2/17/21Seriously Gruesome Death of an Egyptian Pharaoh Detailed in New StudyGeorge Dvorsky33SaveThe forensic analysis of a 3,600-year-old mummy is providing fascinating new insights into a pivotal Egyptian…
Feb 11SaveScienceArchaeology2/11/21ScienceArchaeology2/11/21Stonehenge Started as an Entirely Different Henge, New Research SuggestsGeorge Dvorsky31SaveArchaeologists in Britain have discovered the site of a former stone circle in west Wales, which they believe was…
Feb 10SaveScienceArchaeology2/10/21ScienceArchaeology2/10/21After 17,000 Years, a Rediscovered Conch Horn Is Played AgainIsaac Schultz12SaveThe seashell has been collecting dust on a museum shelf in Toulouse for the past 80 years, and before that, it had…
Feb 6SaveScienceArchaeology2/6/21ScienceArchaeology2/6/21Found in Alaska, These Blue Beads Could Be the Oldest Evidence of European Goods in North AmericaGeorge Dvorsky22SaveEuropean-crafted glass beads found at three different indigenous sites in northern Alaska date back to the…
Feb 5SaveScienceArchaeology2/5/21ScienceArchaeology2/5/21Researchers Just Looked at Neanderthal Poop to Understand Their GutsIsaac Schultz9SaveAround 50,000 years ago, a bunch of Neanderthals made a home—and a bathroom—out of what is now a rocky escarpment…
Feb 4SaveScienceArchaeology2/4/21ScienceArchaeology2/4/21Golden-Tongued Mummies Found in Egyptian TombGeorge Dvorsky14SaveArchaeologists investigating burial shafts near Alexandria, Egypt have discovered over a dozen interred individuals,…
Feb 3SaveScienceArchaeology2/3/21ScienceArchaeology2/3/21Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Mummy Reveals Unusual Mud RitualGeorge Dvorsky6SaveThe discovery of a hardened mud carapace wrapped around a 3,200-year-old mummy has brought a previously unknown…
Feb 1SaveScienceArchaeology2/1/21ScienceArchaeology2/1/21More Evidence That Neanderthals Were ‘Absorbed’ by Humans, Not Wiped OutGeorge Dvorsky52SavePrehistoric teeth found over 100 years ago are some of the best evidence yet for hybridized communities of…
Jan 28SaveScienceArchaeology1/28/21ScienceArchaeology1/28/21Human Thumbs Got a Major Upgrade 2 Million Years Ago, Sparking a Cultural Revolution, Study FindsGeorge Dvorsky24SaveThe human thumb is a marvel of evolution, allowing our ancestors to craft stone tools and radically expand their…