“On we sweep with threshing oar” Greer Jarrett has identified four possible small ports, or “havens,” used by Vikings along […]
Tag: Archaeology
New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory
Skip to content Results are consistent with two earlier studies dating the footprints to between 22,000 and 24,000 years ago. […]
We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew
It’s a Denisovan? Always has been. After years of mystery, we now know what at least one Denisovan looked like. […]
Are Dead Sea Scrolls older than we thought?
Enter Enoch The authors of this latest paper wanted to find a better means than paleography alone for determining the […]
Research roundup: 7 stories we almost missed
Ping-pong bots, drumming chimps, picking styles of two jazz greats, and an ancient underground city’s soundscape Time lapse photos show […]
Neanderthals invented their own bone weapon technology by 80,000 years ago
Working bone into a streamlined, aerodynamic spear point, then hafting it onto a shaft with tar that had to be […]
Research roundup: Tattooed tardigrades and splash-free urinals
April is the cruelest month Also: The first live footage of a colossal baby squid; digitally unfolding an early medieval […]
A 2,000-year-old battle ended in fire, and a tree species never recovered
Then everything changed when the Fire Nation—sorry, the Han Empire—attacked. Han rose to power in the wake of Qin’s collapse, […]
Painted altar in Maya city of Tikal reveals aftermath of ancient coup
It’s always about colonialism The altar marks the presence of an enclave of foreign elites from Teotihuacan. This rendering shows […]
Prehistoric bone tool cache suggests advanced reasoning in early hominins
A prehistoric bone tool “factory” Credit: CSIC Bone tools shaped by knapping, however, were much rarer until about 500,000 years […]