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The Palarq Foundation is a privately owned, non-for-profit organization created with the purpose of financing Spanish Archaeological and Human Paleontology missions outside of Europe. The area of research comprises from the paleontology era to the prehistorical epochs and the historical-monument relevant eras in general.

Neanderthals, Denisovans, humans genetically closer than polar bears, brown bears (Upi.com 10/3/20)

Several genomic studies have previously shown that Neanderthals, Denisovans and anatomically modern humans interbred. Now, new research suggests the trio of populations were so genetically similar that they most certainly produced healthy, fertile hybrids.

Archaeologists uncovered a buried massacre in Spain. Bodies were frozen in time in the exact spots where they died (Businessinsider 20/20/20)

The remains that archaeologists have unearthed in northern Spain aren’t for the faint of heart: Skeletons of men, women, and children were frozen in time in the exact spots they died, their limbs scattered

Breathtaking Discovery of Australian Cave Art Shows Nature And Humans in Harmony (Sciencealert 2/10/20)

It’s no surprise that Australia, home to the oldest continuous human culture on Earth, holds 100,000 rock art sites from prehistoric times. And we’re still finding more.

Lunch Break Science # 11 | Rachel Bynoe

Lunch Break Science is a weekly online series featuring short lectures or interviews with Leakey Foundation scientists Lunch Break Science # 11 | Rachel Bynoe Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Rachel Bynoe and learn about her work exploring a submerged Pleistocene site off Happisburgh, England.

Modern humans reached westernmost Europe 5,000 years earlier than previously known (Phys.org 09/28/20)

Modern humans arrived in the westernmost part of Europe 41,000—38,000 years ago, about 5,000 years earlier than previously known, according to Jonathan Haws, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Louisville, and an international team of researchers.

Y chromosomes of Neandertals and Denisovans now sequenced (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 09/25/20)

Neandertals have adopted male sex chromosome from modern humans.

Egyptian tomb in Saqqara necropolis found to contain huge cache of sealed sarcophagi (CNN 09/21/20)

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered almost 30 sarcophagi believed to have been buried for around 2,500 years, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Population genomics of the Viking world (Nature 09/16/20)

The maritime expansion of Scandinavian populations during the Viking Age (about AD 750–1050) was a far-flung transformation in world history.

These 120,000-year-old footprints offer early evidence for humans in Arabia ( Science 09/17/20)

One day about 120,000 years ago, a few humans wandered along the shore of an ancient lake in what is now the Nefud Desert in Saudi Arabia.

2,600-year-old wine ‘factory’ unearthed in Lebanon ( National Geographic 09/14/20)

The oldest press found in the country was used by ancient Phoenicians to manufacture vintages once adored around the Mediterranean.

Discovery of 200,000-year-old beds throws light on the complex behaviour of ancient humans (Scroll.in 09/13/20)

Research suggests they understood the benefits of using ash underneath the grass to repel insects and pests.

New fossil ape is discovered in India (Phys.org 09/10/20)

Field site in Ramnagar, India. Credit: Christopher Gilbert @phys.org

A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon.

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