ARCHAEOLOGY

Bison arrived in North America via the Bering Land Bridge and had dispersed across the continent within 20,000 years.

Hannah Osborne Mar 13, 2017

The skull belonged to an ancestor of humans and Neanderthals.

Martha Henriques Mar 13, 2017

Platinum detected at prehistoric Clovis sites is thought to be of meteorite origin.

Martha Henriques Mar 10, 2017

Eight-metre statue of legendary Egyptian ruler is thought to be more than 3,000 years old.

Brendan Cole Mar 10, 2017

Archaeologists have also found pieces of statues representing goddess Sekhmet.

Léa Surugue Mar 09, 2017

Ancient dental plaque of Neanderthals reveals how they used plants as medicine 50,000 years ago.

Hannah Osborne Mar 08, 2017

The first regional analysis of Aboriginal genetic history will be used to construct genealogies and repatriate artefacts.

Martha Henriques Mar 08, 2017

Little is known about how and when the Silk Route emerged but this study offers new clues on the subject.

Léa Surugue Mar 08, 2017

European Neanderthals feasted on mammoth in the north but southerners ate no meat at all.

Martha Henriques Mar 08, 2017

Irregularities in skulls can be used to judge how closely related populations were.

Martha Henriques Mar 08, 2017

Buena Vista hypothesis says ancient fish spotted prey on river banks, encouraging them to move from their aquatic habitat onto land.

John Long Mar 08, 2017

The ornate burial garment was decorated with sea shells and the teeth of red deer.

Martha Henriques Mar 07, 2017

The US-backed Iraqi forces have reconquered Mosul's central bank, along with museum looted by jihadis in 2014.

Sofia Lotto Persio Mar 07, 2017

Burials were found in the main chamber of one of the region's largest dolmens.

Léa Surugue Mar 07, 2017

New findings point to the Roman structure being used as a fortress in the 12th century.

Lara Rebello Mar 07, 2017

People minded for iron and lead since the Stone Age in Poland.

Martha Henriques Mar 06, 2017

Analysis of 4,300-year-old mammoth fossil from Wrangel Island shows excess of detrimental mutations.

Hannah Osborne Mar 02, 2017

The patterns of trees growing in the Amazon are 'ancient footprints' of the communities that cultivated them hundreds of years ago.

Martha Henriques Mar 02, 2017

Water pumping is not immediately threatening the monument, but decades of accumulated impact is.

Léa Surugue Mar 01, 2017

The species, Anchiornis, already had drumstick-shaped legs and bird-like footpads.

Hannah Osborne Feb 28, 2017

The pendant, discovered in a remote area of southern Belize, was worn during religious rituals by Maya rulers.

Léa Surugue Feb 28, 2017

The document is a census of the land that conquistador Hernando Cortés was awarded by the Spanish king.

Martha Henriques Feb 27, 2017

A VR version of the court will be recreated to conduct planned digs over two years.

Agamoni Ghosh Feb 26, 2017

Pointillist techniques were identified in ancient artworks found in rock shelters in France.

Léa Surugue Feb 24, 2017

Dedicated to the god Mithra, it is the first ever discovered on the island.

Léa Surugue Feb 24, 2017

Fours individuals had been buried at a medieval site in a crouched position.

Léa Surugue Feb 24, 2017

First humans to people South America share a last common ancestor with modern-day northeast Asian populations.

Léa Surugue Feb 22, 2017

A new species of an extinct giant worm was found to have terrifyingly large snapping jaws.

India Ashok Feb 22, 2017

Mitochondrial DNA from nine elite burials reveal the same maternal lineage.

Léa Surugue Feb 21, 2017