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Most Upper Paleolithic human burials were simple
A new study from the University of Colorado Denver shows that the earliest human burial practices in Eurasia varied widely, with some graves lavish and ornate while the vast majority...
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Piecing together the prehistory of the Himalayas
A team of archaeologists from the University of York are to discover, survey, and record mountain archaeology in the Nepalese Himalayas. The Himalayan Exploration and Archaeological Research Team (HEART) will...
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Farming arrived in Europe with migrants
New data gleaned from the teeth of prehistoric farmers and the Mesolithic hunter-gatherers with whom they briefly overlapped shows that agriculture was introduced to Central Europe from the Near East...
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Earlier Neanderthal demise suggested
A international team led by study co-author Jesus Jorda, of the Spanish National University in Madrid, challenges the hypothesis that Neanderthals persisted in southern Iberia and were contemporary with modern...
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Amazing find in Dartmoor Bronze Age grave
A rare discovery dating back 4,000 years has been described as the most significant find on Dartmoor (Devon, England), and has given archaeologists a glimpse into the lives of the...
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Prehistoric origins of skin decoration
According to the prevailing view of most paleo-anthropologists and archaeologists, about 1.5 to 2 million years ago early humans evolved into nearly hairless primates, in order to more efficiently sweat...
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Did overhunting lead to domestication?
A new study on the populations of wild cattle and pigs in the Levant Valley by Nimrod Marom of the University of Haifa, Israel, helps reshape our present understanding on...
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A glimpse into 9,000 years of village life
Back in 1995, a hoard of 400 Roman coins was discovered west of Didcot in Oxfordshire (England), indicating the land had been lived on for centuries. When archaeologists began digging...
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Soup making in the Stone Age
Most sources state that soup making did not become commonplace until somewhere between 5,000 and 9,000 years ago. It now looks like waterproof and heatproof containers were invented much earlier...
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Intact dolmen found in Switzerland
A communal dolmen grave dating back to over 5,000 years, containing 30 bodies and Neolithic artefacts, has been found in the region of Bern, Switzerland. It represents the first intact...
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Ancient rock art under threat in Paraguay
The march of so-called civilisation has been having a devastating effect on the ancient rock art of the Amambay hills in Paraguay. For thousands of years incredible examples of rock...
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Rock art discovered off the coast of Papua
The 7th World archaeology Congress (WAC) has been held in Jordan, hosted by His Royal Highness Prince Al Hassan Bin Talal. One media release announced the findings of research that...
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