Oldest Human Burial in Africa (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft 05/05/21)
Dating to 78,000 years ago, the burial was found by archaeologists in Panga ya Saidi, a cave site on the Kenyan coast
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
World’s first pregnant Ancient Egyptian mummy exposed after 2,000 years (Daily Express 04/03/21)
ARCHAEOLOGISTS examining the corpse of a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy were startled to discover the embalmed woman was pregnant.
Egypt archeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile Delta (Phys.org 27/04/21)
Egyptian archeologists unearthed 110 burial tombs at an ancient site in a Nile Delta province, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday
How 3D Scanning is Reinventing Paleoanthropology (Scientific American 25/04/21)
It lets us excavate ancient fossils while preserving information about the sediments that hold them—crucial to understanding their age, among other things
Lunch Break Science #26| Andrea Baden and Stacey Tecot
Lunch Break Science is a weekly online series featuring short lectures or interviews with Leakey Foundation scientists Lunch Break Science #26| Andrea Baden and Stacey Tecot Meet Leakey Foundation grantees Andrea Baden and Stacey Tecot on this special Earth Day episode of Lunch Break Science and learn about lemur behavior and ecology.
New study of Roman/Byzantine settlement within the emerald mining network (Heritage Daily 22/04/21)
A new paper published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies presents the results of and images from the resuming of the archaeological seasons in the Mons Smaragdus region in the Egyptian Eastern Desert
Genomes Reveal Humanity’s Journey into the Americas (Scientific American 21/04/21)
DNA has upended neat and tidy accounts of the peopling of the American continents
New Evidence Regarding Emerald Production In Roman Egypt Coming From Wadi Sikait (Eurasia Review 15/04/21)
A new paper published in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies presents the results of and images from the resuming of the archaeological seasons in the Mons Smaragdus region in the Egyptian Eastern Desert
Lunch Break Science #25| Nicole Thompson González
Lunch Break Science is a weekly online series featuring short lectures or interviews with Leakey Foundation scientists Lunch Break Science #25| Nicole Thompson González Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Nicole Thompson González and learn about the costs and benefits of social connections during development in blue monkeys and chimpanzees.
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