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Ancient Roman harbor wooden structures analyzed with MRI technology
In a recent study, rare wooden structures from the Roman Empire were investigated in a wide range of ways using NMR methods. These methods, widely known for their use in hospital MRI scans to produce detailed images of the ...
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Dec 13, 2024
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Ancient genomes link early Europeans to Neanderthal ancestry
After modern humans left Africa, they met and interbred with Neanderthals, resulting in around 2–3% Neanderthal DNA that can be found in the genomes of all people outside Africa today. However, little is known about the ...
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Dec 12, 2024
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Neanderthal-human interbreeding lasted 7,000 years, new study reveals
A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans, starting about 50,500 years ...
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Dec 12, 2024
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Stone Age insights: Life, death and fire in ancient Ukraine
A research group led by Johannes Müller at the Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, at Kiel University, Germany, have shed light on the lives of people who lived over 5,600 years ago near Kosenivka, Ukraine.
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Dec 11, 2024
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Fashion police dictated gender norms in early modern Genoa, historian finds
While fashion magazines and social media strongly influence how people dress today, there were literally fashion police in most early modern European cities, according to art history scholar Ana Cristina Howie, with local ...
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Dec 10, 2024
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Glen Coe: Fresh archaeological discoveries bring new insights into lives of massacred MacDonald clan
Archaeology excels in giving insights into the everyday lives of people in the past. It is only very occasionally that we get those spine-tingling moments when we can connect the artifacts and structures we excavate to very ...
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Dec 10, 2024
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Dental morphology reveals hidden diversity in Neolithic Nubians of the Middle Nile Valley
Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, have found variations among Neolithic Middle Nile Valley populations with a shared material culture.
Chain mail find shows local craftworkers were involved in the repair of Roman armor
Examination of a 14kg hoard of mail armor near the Roman legionary fortress of Bonn, Germany, offers new insights into the logistics of recycling and repair along the Roman Empire's northern frontier.
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Dec 10, 2024
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Abandoned Assyrian capital brought to life in new magnetic survey
Around 700 BC, the Neo-Assyrian emperor Sargon II began building a new capital city, named after himself, in the desert of what is now Iraq. Archaeologists have long thought this grandiose project had barely gotten underway ...
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Dec 9, 2024
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Traces of 10,000-year-old ancient rice beer discovered in Neolithic site in Eastern China
A collaborative study has uncovered evidence of rice beer dating back approximately 10,000 years at the Shangshan site in Zhejiang Province, China, providing new insights into the origins of alcoholic beverage brewing in ...
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Dec 9, 2024
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Earliest evidence of deep-cave rituals in Southwest Asia discovered
A cave in Galilee, Israel, has yielded evidence for ritualistic gatherings 35,000 years ago, the earliest on the Asian continent. Three Israeli researchers led the team that published its results in the journal Proceedings ...
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Dec 9, 2024
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Study finds first cave pearls containing archaeological artifacts in ancient Jerusalem tunnel
A study conducted by Dr. Azriel Yechezkel of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his colleagues from the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University, published in the journal Archaeometry, discovered the largest known cave ...
Getting to the bottom of things: Latrine findings help researchers trace movement of people and disease
A McMaster researcher has uncovered evidence of intestinal parasites in a 500-year-old latrine from Bruges, Belgium, and while the finding may induce queasiness in some, it is expected to provide important scientific evidence ...
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Dec 6, 2024
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Bad weather led Dutch East India Company ship into Western Australian coast, archaeologists find
The Dutch East India Company ship, the Zuytdorp, likely crashed into the shore of Western Australia in 1712 due to a storm and not bad navigation, new research has found.
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Dec 6, 2024
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Study identifies pathways to enforce First Nation-led cultural heritage protection
A new research collaboration between the K'ómoks First Nation and Simon Fraser University highlights how Indigenous cultural heritage policies can protect archaeological sites threatened by development, given inadequate ...
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Dec 5, 2024
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Meta-analysis of hunter–gatherer societies shows remarkable physical abilities of both genders
A trio of archaeologists at the University of Cambridge, in the U.K. conducted a study of hundreds of papers outlining research into hunter–gatherer societies, finding that people in such groups engage in a variety of physical ...
Iberian Neolithic societies had a deep knowledge of archery techniques and materials, researchers discover
Interdisciplinary research of archaeological remains found in the Cave of Los Murciélagos in Albuñol, Granada, has revealed the sophistication of Ancient Neolithic archery in the Iberian Peninsula (5300–4900 BCE), and ...
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Dec 5, 2024
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El Alamein's ruins offer a glimpse into Greco-Roman civilization and a significant WWII battle
Ancient Greco-Roman ruins at Darazya near El Alamein are revealing new insights into the history of Egypt's northern coast, thanks to research by the Faculty of Architecture at Wrocław University of Science and Technology ...
Archaeological remains in Alaska show humans and dogs bonded 12,000 years ago
"Dog is man's best friend" may be an ancient cliché, but when that friendship began is a longstanding question among scientists. A study led by a University of Arizona researcher is one step closer to an answer to how Indigenous ...
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Dec 4, 2024
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Isotope analysis reveals mammoth as key food source for ancient Americans
Scientists have uncovered the first direct evidence that ancient Americans relied primarily on mammoth and other large animals for food. Their research sheds new light on both the rapid expansion of humans throughout the ...
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Dec 4, 2024
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