Research identifies regular climbing behavior in a human ancestor ( phys.org 03/30/20)
A new study led by the University of Kent has found evidence that human ancestors as recent as two million years ago may have regularly climbed trees.
How Stone Age humans unlocked the glucose in plants (phys.org 03/27/20)
Early cave paintings of hunting scenes may give the impression our Stone Age ancestors lived mainly on chunks of meat, but plants—and the ability to unlock the glucose inside—were just as key to their survival.
Neanderthals ate sharks and dolphins (BBC News 03/26/20)
Neanderthals were eating fish, mussels and seals at a site in present-day Portugal, according to a new study.
Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils (Phys.org 03/24/20)
A team led by UC Riverside geologists has discovered the first ancestor on the family tree that contains most familiar animals today, including humans.
Summary of the 2020 campaign in the Qubbet el-Hawa Necropolis (Aswan, Egypt)
Since 2008, the University of Jaen has been excavating in the necropolis where the highest officials of Egypt’s southernmost province were buried between 2200 and 1800 BC. This province, whose capital was located on the island of Elephantina, played a very important role in the history of Egypt, as it was the border between Egypt…
Archaeologists discover giant Ice Age mammoth bone structure (Heritage daily 03/18/20)
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a giant Ice Age structure built from the remains of at least 60 mammoths at the Kostenki-Borshevo archaeological complex.
The ‘dolia’ in Roman wine settlements
Archaeometric characterization of Roman dolia from the northeast of Hispania Citerior-Tarraconensis The ‘dolia’ and wine production From the end of the 2nd and beginning of the 1st century BC, the province of Hispania Citerior (called Tarraconensis after the territorial organisation of the Emperor Augustus) was characterised by the development of a production system based mainly…
Our commitment to archaeology and paleontology in these difficult times
From the Palarq Foundation we want to support all the teams of archaeology and paleontology. To those people who have travelled to the countries where the sites are located and who are carrying out their work at a great distance from home. To the teams that have seen their campaign plans cut short for the…
La Garma, prehistoric “time capsule”
La Garma is a hill of 186 m high located next to the village of Omoño (Ribamontán al Monte, Cantabria), 11 km east of the city of Santander and about 5 km from the current coast. This place houses, in several caves and galleries of a complicated karstic system and in several open air sites,…
On 10 February 2020, the Foundation opened a call for projects for research teams working in archaeology or human palaeontology outside Europe
Founded in 2016 as a non-profit organization, the Palarq Foundation is a private entity whose main purpose is to support and encourage Spanish archaeology and human palaeontology. This institution finances 48 Spanish projects of this type abroad (except Europe) and another 54 in Spain. On 10 February 2020, the Foundation opened a call for projects…
15000-Year-Old Rock Art ‘Sanctuary’ Uncovered in Spanish Cave (Ancient Origins 02/13/20)
In the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain, archaeologists have uncovered a treasure trove of prehistoric rock art that is around 15,000 years old
