Archaeologists from the University of Turku, in collaboration with the Finnish Heritage Agency, and researchers from the University of Helsinki have uncovered a stone age wooden “staff” shaped like a serpent
The oldest strain of Yersinia pestis—the bacteria behind the plague that caused the Black Death, which may have killed as much as half of Europe’s population in the 1300s—has been found in the remains of a 5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer
A team of researchers from the University of Göttingen researched this by investigating the dissemination of weight systems throughout Western Eurasia
Chinese researchers have unveiled an ancient skull that could belong to a completely new species of human
Researchers working in Israel have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human that lived alongside our species more than 100,000 years ago
Dilemma of finding it hard to part with ‘problematic stuff’ we no longer need could date back more than 2,000 years
Analysis of the ancient human genome has led to insights on human adaptability and behavior that would not have been possible through archeological findings alone
Lunch Break Science is a weekly online series featuring short lectures or interviews with Leakey Foundation scientists Lunch Break Science #29| Christopher Schmitt Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Christopher Schmitt and learn about the development and life histories of primates, especially vervet monkeys. Watch on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or here on Leakey Foundation Live to participate in the Q&A session.
New research presents over 300 new analyses of bronze objects, raising the total number to 550 in ‘the archaeological fingerprint project
Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian burial ground. A special report produced with Smithsonian Channel
In the mid-14th century Europe was devastated by a major pandemic—the Black Death—which killed between 40 and 60 per cent of the population
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.