Remember Ida, the fossil discovery announced last May with its own book and TV documentary? A publicity blitz called it “the link” that would reveal the earliest evolutionary roots of monkeys, apes and humans. The fossil Ida [Credit: Jørn Hurum] Experts protested that Ida wasn’t even a close relative. And now a new analysis supports…
According to Syrian media, archaeological expeditions working at North-eastern Syria (Hasaka Province) have discovered several collective tombs and parts of seals with different shapes in addition to 27 cuneiform tablets dating back to 2500 BC. Finds from the Hasaka Province [Credit: SANA] Director of Hasska Antiquities Department Abdul-Masih Baghdo said that the British expedition working…
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At a settlement in what is now southern Germany, the menu turned gruesome 7,000 years ago. Over a period of perhaps a few decades, hundreds of people were butchered and eaten before parts of their bodies were thrown into oval pits, a new study suggests. Mass cannibalism may have taken place during ritual sacrifices of…
Europe’s Stone Age has taken an edgy turn. A new analysis finds that human ancestors living in what is now Spain fashioned double-edged stone cutting tools as early as 900,000 years ago, almost twice as long ago as previous estimates for this technological achievement in Europe. A collection of prehistoric stone hand axes [Credit: Discovery…
