archaeology

New study has implications for research seeking to determine the significance of climate change on marine environments

New method of obtaining genomic data from small vertebrate remains that causes no visible damage to the underlying bone

Study finds evidence of local extinction and replacement even before Homo sapiens arrived

LAMAP uses information from the landscape data to estimate the archaeological potential of land

Ancient human and animal DNA can remain stably localized in sediments, preserved in microscopic fragments of bone and feces

Researchers announce the naming of a new species of human ancestor, Homo bodoensis

A new approach for estimating prehistoric populations that uses Bayesian reasoning and a flexible probability model

Early humans in eastern Africa used fire in a way that prevented regrowth of the region’s forests, creating a sprawling bushland that exists today

Geochemical tests reveal truths and myths in historical accounts of military conflict

This rare fossil find comes from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in England, a series of sedimentary rocks formed in a shallow, tropical-subtropical sea during the Upper Jurassic