Direct cosmogenic nuclide dating of Olduvai lithic industry (Phys.org 31/03/22)
Toshiyuki Fujioka and Alfonso Benito-Calvo, researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), have recently published a paper in the Journal of Human Evolution with the results of burial dating using the cosmogenic nuclide isochron method, applied for the first time directly to the lithic industry of the Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Tools reveal patterns of Neandertal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula (Phys.org 30/03/22)
Neandertal populations in the Iberian Peninsula were experiencing local extinction and replacement even before Homo sapiens arrived, according to a study published March 30, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Joseba Rios-Garaizar of the Archaeological Museum of Bilbao, Spain and colleagues
Archaeologists locate ancient Guanches caves in Tenerife (Heritage Daily 29/03/22)
Archaeologists have located caves from the Guanches culture, the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands
Shackleton’s lost Endurance ship discovered beneath Antarctic sea (Live Science 09/03/22)
The wreck discovery is ‘a milestone in polar history.’
Rare Pictish stone unearthed near Angus (BBC 07/03/22)
A rare carved Pictish stone has been unearthed in Angus.Archaeologists believe it dates from the 5th or 6th Centuries
Old Stone Age culture discovered in China (LiveScience 02/03/22)
Artifacts from a newly-excavated site include tiny stone tools
Earliest evidence of ear surgery 5,300 years ago (Phys.org 23/02/22)
A team of several researchers from the University of Valladolid, in Spain and one from the Spanish National Research Council in Italy, has found evidence of the earliest ear surgery performed on a human being. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the group describes their study of a human skull found at the…
Prehistoric human vertebra discovered in the Jordan Valley tells the story of migration from Africa (Phys.org 02/02/22)
A new study led by researchers from Bar-Ilan University, Ono Academic College, The University of Tulsa and the Israel Antiquities Authority presents a 1.5 million-year-old human vertebra discovered in Israel’s Jordan Valley