Back in 1996 the Kennewick Man was discovered in Washington state by accident after erosion revealed the body. The ancestry of the man, who is believed to have died approximately 9000 years ago, has...
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The movement of ideas and people across Asia and Europe during the Bronze Age have long been debated by archaeologists, with evidence often based on material finds to trace specific cultural populations. New research...
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A paper published in Nature Communications this week reports the potential discovery of extant collagen fibres and red blood cells (erythrocytes) in 75 million year old dinosaur fossils, suggesting the ability to create a wealth...
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A paper published in Nature this month reveals that the history of the tool is a lot longer than previously thought. The new evidence reveals that stone tools, or lithics, were being used in...
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It has been revealed that the first species to engage in sexual intercourse existed approximately 385 millions years ago, and occurred in a lake in modern day Scotland. The fish, Microbrachius dicki, relied...
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Recent research has shown that it is possible to use collagen extracted from ancient bone to distinguish species from one another. One way of doing this has been coined as Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry,...
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