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2026-06-09 18:48:18 UTC

400,000-year-old Homo erectus proteins reveal genetic links to Denisovans and modern humans
For decades, Homo erectus has stood at the center of one of paleoanthropology’s biggest debates. The species was the first human ancestor to spread beyond Africa, reaching parts of Asia and Europe nearly 1.8 million years ago. Scientists have long questioned whether these early humans shared any genetic ties with later groups such as Denisovans or...
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2026-06-09 15:35:58 UTC

Oldest known dental treatment found in 59,000-year-old Neanderthal tooth from Siberia
A Neanderthal living nearly 59,000 years ago in southern Siberia appears to have undergone a form of dental treatment far earlier than scientists once expected. Researchers studying a molar from Chagyrskaya Cave in Russia found signs of deliberate drilling inside a painful cavity...
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2026-06-08 14:47:30 UTC

Rare Bronze Age burial in Sweden reveals unusual pair of Wendel neck rings and complex ritual landscape near Norrköping
Archaeologists work east of Norrköping in Sweden at a Bronze Age landscape scheduled for housing construction. The area contains graves, rock carvings, and settlement remains from the late Bronze Age, 1100–500 BCE...
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2026-06-05 16:55:28 UTC

Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform texts reach new audiences through major digital archive
Researchers from Iraq, the United Kingdom, and Sweden have launched a new Arabic-language platform for one of the world’s largest collections of cuneiform texts. The project gives Arabic speakers wider access to ancient records written thousands of years ago across Mesopotamia...
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2026-06-02 15:01:20 UTC

1,000-year-old Viking gold hoard discovered in Denmark among largest ever found
Chance find in northern Denmark leads to one of the country’s largest Viking Age gold hoards. A discovery beside a forest track in northern Denmark has revealed one of the country’s most important Viking Age gold hoards in decades. Archaeologists uncovered six solid gold arm rings near Rold in Himmerland ...
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2026-06-01 16:38:58 UTC

Human genetic diversity and language structure show opposite global patterns, new study finds
A recent international study led by the University of Zurich examines links between human genetic diversity and language structure across world regions. Researchers combined population genetics datasets with linguistic databases, focusing on grammar patterns such as verb placement and sentence structure...
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2026-05-30 16:48:46 UTC

Nottingham reaches 1,000 recorded underground caves in major archaeological milestone in England
Nottingham has reached a recorded milestone of 1,000 caves beneath its streets, a number built through years of archaeological work and historical research. The city sits on soft sandstone, a material easy to carve, which allowed generations to create underground spaces across centuries..
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2026-05-27 14:18:42 UTC

Basel plague study finds young workers had highest death rates in 17th century outbreak
Burials from a 17th-century hospital in Basel offer a close look at who faced the highest risk during one of the city’s last plague outbreaks. The graves date to around 1665 to 1670, a period when plague returned to the region...
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2026-05-25 17:20:12 UTC

2,200-year-old circular temple dedicated to Pelusius uncovered in Egypt’s ancient city of Pelusium
Archaeologists in Egypt have identified the remains of a rare temple linked to Pelusius, a local god once worshipped in the ancient city of Pelusium. The structure was found at Tell el-Farama in North Sinai, near the eastern edge of the Nile Delta...
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2026-05-22 14:06:44 UTC

60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell engravings reveal humanity’s earliest geometric designs
More than 60,000 years ago, groups of Homo sapiens in southern Africa carved patterns into ostrich eggshells. Archaeologists have recovered hundreds of these fragments from sites linked to the Howiesons Poort phase of the late Middle Stone Age. Key finds come from Diepkloof and Klipdrift in South Africa and from Apollo 11 in Namibia...
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2026-05-16 17:37:02 UTC

1.77-million-year-old Homo erectus skulls in China show early humans reached Asia sooner than believed
Three skulls unearthed at the Yunxian site in Hubei Province have long sat at the center of debate. For years, researchers placed their age at about 1 million to 1.1 million years. A new study...
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2026-05-10 19:04:02 UTC

New copy of earliest known English poem discovered in Rome manuscript
A manuscript hidden in plain sight at the National Central Library of Rome has revealed a new copy of what scholars consider the earliest known poem in English. Researchers from Trinity College Dublin identified an early ninth-century manuscript containing Cædmon’s Hymn, a short Old English poem written more than 1,300 years ago...
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2026-05-10 17:53:38 UTC

3D metrological analysis connects dispersed Egyptian artifacts and recovers their lost histories
Researchers have developed a new method to reconnect fragmented Egyptian funerary objects with their original context by analyzing precise measurements and three-dimensional surface data...
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2026-02-21 15:44:12 UTC

Rare deer skull headdress discovered in Germany highlights exchange between hunter-gatherers and Europe’s first farmers
Archaeologists working at the Early Neolithic settlement of Eilsleben in Saxony-Anhalt have uncovered evidence of close contact between Europe’s first farming communities and local hunter-gatherers...
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2025-03-22 19:21:17 UTC

Most ancient Europeans had dark skin until 3,000 years ago, study finds
Dark skin was widespread across the continent for a considerably longer period of time than previously believed, according to a DNA study that has completely changed our perception of the appearance of ancient Europeans. In the study, 348 ancient human genomes from people who lived between 45,000 and 1,700 years ago were examined..
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2025-03-09 14:13:16 UTC

New study reveals Neanderthals faced a population crash 110,000 years ago
A new study has uncovered a major genetic bottleneck in Neanderthals about 110,000 years ago, shedding light on their demographic history and potential causes for their extinction. The research was conducted by an international team of scholars and published in Nature Communications...
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2023-08-22 20:03:01 UTC

25 Mesolithic pits found in Bedfordshire, UK
Archaeologists have made a significant discovery in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, uncovering up to 25 monumental pits from the Mesolithic period.
These pits, found on the Linmere housing development site, are believed to be about 8,000 years old based on the identification of animal bones at the bottom of the pits.
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2023-08-20 19:59:52 UTC

Buried 500-year-old gold coins hidden by monk discovered in a German monastery
Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a handful of 500-year-old gold coins during their excavations at the ruins of the Himmelpforten monastery, near the town of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt state.
The medieval monastery, founded in 1253 and once home to Augustinian hermits, housed monks until the 16th century.
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2023-08-10 17:26:47 UTC

Perfectly preserved ancient Greek altar unearthed in Sicily
An ancient Greek altar, estimated to be over 2,000 years old, has been unearthed at the Southern Acropolis of Segesta, along with a well-preserved sculpture base. This finding sheds light on the Hellenic cultural influence in the region just before the rise of the Roman Empire in the first century BCE.
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2023-08-09 17:33:06 UTC

300,000-year-old giant handaxes unearthed in Kent
Archaeologists have unearthed “giant” prehistoric stone handaxes during excavations of an Ice Age site in Kent, England.
These handaxes are believed to be some of the largest stone tools from the Palaeolithic period found in Britain.
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