4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (577+ words) A man buried near Lake Kitka in northern Finland around 400 years ago appears to have lived a far more mobile life than researchers once thought. A new study based on ancient DNA and isotope analysis found close genetic ties between…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (282+ words) A microscopic study of residue left on surgical tools from a Ming Dynasty tomb in eastern China has provided the first direct chemical evidence of anesthetic use on ancient surgical instruments. The findings suggest Chinese physicians in the 14th century had…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (331+ words) Researchers studying Ethiopia's Afar Rift have reported what could be the oldest known evidence of human cremation. The finding comes from sediments about 100, 000 years old in the Middle Awash region, an area with one of Africa's richest records of early…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (410+ words) A small bone dental bridge found in a 19th century burial in Porto is giving researchers a rare look at early dental care in Portugal. The object, described in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, marks the first documented fixed bone dental…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (450+ words) Scientists faced a major obstacle for years. Traditional ancient DNA studies often require researchers to cut, scrape, or drill into material samples. Archivists and conservation experts rarely allow such methods on rare manuscripts because even small damage matters when dealing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (524+ words) Archaeologists working at Laos" Plain of Jars have uncovered the remains of at least 37 people inside a massive stone jar, offering new evidence about burial customs in one of Southeast Asia"s most mysterious ancient landscapes. The study, published in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (607+ words) A Neanderthal living nearly 59, 000 years ago in southern Siberia appears to have undergone a form of dental treatment far earlier than scientists once expected. Researchers studying a molar from Chagyrskaya Cave in Russia found signs of deliberate drilling inside a…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (453+ words) Neanderthals did more with hunted animals than eat their meat. A new study suggests they kept and reused rhinoceros teeth as durable tools during daily work. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen and UNED in Madrid focused on an unusual…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (411+ words) Human genetic diversity and language structure show opposite global patterns, new Study Finds'Archaeology News Online Magazine Human genetic diversity and language structure show opposite global patterns, new Study Finds A recent international study led by the University of Zurich examines…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (589+ words) Archaeologists in Scotland have identified the earliest known case of restorative dentistry ever found in the country. The find comes from a middle-aged man buried in medieval Aberdeen with a gold dental bridge attached to his lower front teeth. The…...