Fatemeh Rastekar, Niloofar Alaei Kakhki and Morteza Monfared discuss the safe and practical utility of superworm larvae for cleaning museum […]
Category: Archaeology
Every Homo naledi we know of is female, and the implications are fascinating
“There is no natural explanation,” says paleoanthropologist John Hawks. Neo, the type specimen for Homo naledi, was originally thought to […]
Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago
We can’t blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore. This artist’s illustration, by Kevin Wilson, shows how the ancient […]
Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?
Postmortem manipulation in an Iron Age female Briton Credit: Rebecca Ellis-Haken Postmortem manipulation in an Iron Age female Briton Credit: […]
Some ancient microbes frozen with Ötzi the Iceman are still growing
Please don’t lick the science What’s the difference between a person, an artifact, and an ecosystem? Sarhan holds up a […]
If I had a hammer… it might actually be a rhino tooth
One way archaeologists learn how ancient people, including Neanderthals, did things is to attempt to do those things themselves, a […]
Why cats prefer silver vine to catnip and other May highlights
Prehistoric mining in the Pyrenees, a new species of tiny blue octopus, slapstick acoustics, and more. Malachite fragments recovered during […]
Australian Aboriginals cared for a dingo’s grave for decades
For some ancient Aboriginal Australian communities, dingoes were part of the family. Archaeologists and Barkindji custodians worked together to excavate […]
Pompeii victim ID’d as a likely doctor
Archaeologists used a combination of advanced CT scans and 3D digital reconstruction to identify one of the Pompeii victims who […]
Neanderthals drilled cavities to treat a toothache 59,000 years ago
Two of the teeth were museum specimens, whose age and context curators didn’t know, making them less useful for other […]