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1w ago
New archaeological excavations have revealed repeated phases of human occupation of Umm Jirsan lava tube in the Harrat Khaybar, north-western Saudi Arabia.
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1w ago
Archaeologists from Necmettin Erbakan University say they have discovered the world’s oldest known bread, dating back to 6600 BCE, at Çatalhöyük, a renowned Neolithic settlement in central Anatolia, Türkiye.
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2w ago
Archaeologists have evaluated the spatial organization in the Protoaurignacian levels (associated with Homo sapiens) and the latest Mousterian levels (associated with Neanderthals) at Riparo Bombrini in Liguria, Italy.
The post Study: Just Like Homo sapiens, Neanderthals Organized Their Living Space in Structured Way appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more
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2w ago
A team of archaeologists from James Cook University and elsewhere reports the oldest securely dated ceramics found in Australia from archaeological excavations on Jiigurru (Lizard Island) on the Great Barrier Reef, northeast Australia.
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2w ago
Nelson Mandela University researcher Charles Helm and his colleagues have found an intriguing rock about 30 km (18.6 miles) east of the South African Blombos Cave, which is renowned for its paleoart.
The post 120,000-Year-Old Stingray Sand ‘Sculpture’ Found in South Africa appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more
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2w ago
Between 660 and 750 CE, Anglo-Saxon England witnessed a profound revival in trade involving a dramatic surge in the use of silver coins.
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2w ago
Wooden tools rarely survive in the Paleolithic record limiting our understanding of Pleistocene hunter-gather lifeways.
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3w ago
The rare amulet-seal is at least 2,800 years old (First Temple period), according to a team of experts from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Fribourg.
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3w ago
Archaeologists have examined ancient chicken eggshells from 13 different archaeological sites, spanning a period of a millennium and a half.
The post Study: Chickens Were Widely Raised across Southern Central Asia as Early as 400 BCE appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News ..read more
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3w ago
A team of researchers from Fudan University and elsewhere has successfully generated a genome of the Chinese Emperor Wu (Wudi) of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou dynasty.
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