Roman road discovered in the Venice lagoon (Phys.org 22/07/21)
The findings suggest that extensive settlements may have been present in the Venice Lagoon centuries before the founding of Venice began in the fifth century
Light in darkness: An experimental look at Paleolithic cave lighting (Phys.org 16/06/21)
A recreation of three common types of Paleolithic lighting systems illuminates how Paleolithic cave dwellers might have traveled, lived, and created in the depths of their caves, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide from the University of Cantabria, Spain, and colleagues.
1.4 million years ago in Europe, Orce became an area of attraction for the manufacture and use of stone tools (Iphes 09/06/21)
Torrential rains in Barranco León allowed the first hominins to opportunistically take advantage of an accumulation of raw materials
Fashion for pointy shoes unleashed plague of bunions in medieval Britain (Phys.org 10/06/21)
The British have suffered for their fashion for centuries according to a new study suggesting that a vogue for shoes with a pointed tip led to a sharp increase in hallux valgus of the big toe in the late medieval period
How did Neanderthals and other ancient humans learn to count? (Nature 02/06/21)
Archaeological finds suggest that people developed numbers tens of thousands of years ago. Scholars are now exploring the first detailed hypotheses about this life-changing invention
A non-invasive procedure allows obtaining archaeological information without excavating (Phys.org 28/05/21)
A new approach to understand the functional and symbolic uses of the place
Bronze Age migrations changed societal organisation and genomic landscape in Italy (Heritage Daily 10/05/21)
A new study from the Institute of Genomics of the University of Tartu, Estonia has shed light on the genetic prehistory of populations in modern day Italy through the analysis of ancient human individuals during the Chalcolithic/Bronze Age transition around 4,000 years ago
Neanderthal remains unearthed in Italian cave (BBC 09/05/21)
Archaeologists in Italy have discovered the remains of nine Neanderthals who may have been hunted by hyenas, in a prehistoric cave south-east of Rome
Spatial methods for identifying unusual accumulations at Paleolithic sites (Phys.org 30/04/21)
A collaboration between researchers at the CENIEH and HERC, of the University of California at Berkeley has allowed a study to be published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, which reviews the traditional and more innovative methods for identifying unusual horizontal concentrations of archaeological materials at Paleolithic sites
The First Australians grew to a population of millions, much more than previous estimates (Phys.org 30/04/21)
We know it is more than 60,000 years since the first people entered the continent of Sahul—the giant landmass that connected New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania when sea levels were lower than today
DNA from cave dirt tells tale of how some Neanderthals disappeared (Science 15/04/21)
Estatuas cave in northern Spain was a hive of activity 105,000 years ago
Bronze Age slab found in France is oldest 3D map in Europe (BBC 06/04/21)
A freshly unearthed Bronze-Age stone may be the oldest three-dimensional map in Europe, researchers say