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North ‘plaza’ in Cahokia was likely inundated year-round, study finds

Posted on July 21, 2022
North ‘plaza’ in Cahokia was likely inundated year-round, study finds

The ancient North American city of Cahokia had as its focal point a feature now known as Monks Mound, a giant earthwork surrounded on its north, south, east and west by large rectangular open areas. These flat zones, called plazas by archaeologists since the early 1960s, were thought to serve as communal areas that served…

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Americas, Archaeology, Earth Science, North America

Earliest English medieval shipwreck site uncovered off Dorset coast

Posted on July 21, 2022
Earliest English medieval shipwreck site uncovered off Dorset coast

Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University have uncovered the remains of a medieval ship and its cargo dating back to the 13th century off the coast of Dorset. The survival of the vessel is extremely rare and there are no known wrecks of seagoing ships from the 11th to the 14th centuries in English waters. The…

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Archaeology, Europe, UK, Underwater Archaeology, Western Europe

In search of the lost Parthian city of Natounia

Posted on July 20, 2022
In search of the lost Parthian city of Natounia

The mountain fortress of Rabana-Merquly in modern Iraqi Kurdistan was one of the major regional centres of the Parthian Empire, which extended over parts of Iran and Mesopotamia approximately 2,000 years ago. This is a conclusion reached by a team of archaeologists led by Dr Michael Brown, a researcher at the Institute of Prehistory, Protohistory…

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Archaeology, Iraq, Kurdistan, Middle East

New research demonstrates connections between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya

Posted on July 19, 2022
New research demonstrates connections between climate change and civil unrest among the ancient Maya

An extended period of turmoil in the prehistoric Maya city of Mayapan, in the Yucatan region of Mexico, was marked by population declines, political rivalries and civil conflict. Between 1441 and 1461 CE the strife reached an unfortunate crescendo — the complete institutional collapse and abandonment of the city. This all occurred during a protracted…

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Americas, Archaeology, Central America, Climate Change, Mexico

When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge?

Posted on July 18, 2022
When did the genetic variations that make us human emerge?

The study of the genomes of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, has opened up new research paths that can broaden our understanding of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens. A study led by the University of Barcelona has made an estimation of the time when some of the genetic variants that characterise our…

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Anthropology, Early Humans, Fossils, Genetics, Human Evolution

DNA from ancient population in Southern China suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots

Posted on July 14, 2022
DNA from ancient population in Southern China suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots

For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China. The data, published in the journal The lateral view of the skull unearthed from Red Dear Cave [Credit: Xueping Ji] “Ancient DNA technique is a really powerful tool,” Su says. “It tells us quite definitively…

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Americas, Anthropology, China, Early Humans, East Asia, Genetics

Analysis of fossil tooth brings to light earliest humans from southern Africa

Posted on July 14, 2022
Analysis of fossil tooth brings to light earliest humans from southern Africa

Fossil tooth analysis by Southern Cross University geochemist Dr. Renaud Joannes-Boyau has played a central role in an international collaboration that has properly identified the earliest humans. Dr Renaud Joannes-Boyau with a Homo Naledi tooth [Credit: Southern Cross University] The new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, demonstrates that…

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Africa, Anthropology, Early Humans, Fossils, Geochemistry, Palaeobiology, South Africa

Evolving to outpace climate change, tiny marine animal provides new evidence of long-theorized genetic mechanism

Posted on July 14, 2022
Evolving to outpace climate change, tiny marine animal provides new evidence of long-theorized genetic mechanism

Some copepods, diminutive crustaceans with an outsized place in the aquatic food web, can evolve fast enough to survive in the face of rapid climate change, according to new research that addresses a longstanding question in the field of genetics. Several species of copepods and one ostracod are shown here [Credit: NOAA] Barely more than…

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Climate Change, Evolution, Genetics

‘Everywhere they dig’: looters hunt antiquities in Albania

Posted on July 12, 2022
‘Everywhere they dig’: looters hunt antiquities in Albania

Shards of ceramics litter the fields of an ancient city in southeastern Albania, where looters have raided the area’s highlands in search of antiquities to sell to international traffickers. Experts say illicit treasure hunters operate with near impunity in Albania [Credit: Gent Shkullaku/AFP] Illicit treasure hunters operate with near impunity in the country, stirring outrage…

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Albania, Archaeology, Europe, Heritage, Southern Europe

Using accurate data when studying Human evolution

Posted on July 12, 2022
Using accurate data when studying Human evolution

Uncovering the evolution of any set of living creatures is a complex and highly detailed task for scientists, and theories and approaches that may differ over time may indeed change the fossil record. But paleoanthropologist and Stony Brook University Professor Carrie S. Mongle, Ph.D., and co-authors urge investigators to take caution on their findings. They…

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Anthropology, Early Humans, Human Evolution

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