We can’t blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore. This artist’s illustration, by Kevin Wilson, shows how the ancient […]
Tag: biological archaeology
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 […]
Damaged church floor may have revealed the grave of the fourth musketeer
Based on parish registers from other churches in the area, high-ranking officers who died during the siege would have been […]
The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters
I just think they’re neat Europeans weren’t the first people to collect fossils in Australia. Several species of short-faced kangaroos, […]