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The “Barbarian Invasions” forced Roman legionaries on the Danube frontier to survive on hunting and fishing, as supply routes were cut off
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1692+ words) The analysis of animal remains from the Roman fort of Diana-Karataš, in present-day Serbia, shows that Roman soldiers mainly ate pork, beef, and sheep, but that their diet changed radically from the 4th century onwards, with an increase in the consumption…...
DNA Analysis Reveals that the “Shaman” of Stonehenge Was a Female Goldsmith from the Bronze Age
1+ week, 3+ day ago (421+ words) Genetic analyses have overturned two centuries of misinterpretation about one of the most enigmatic burials in the Stonehenge landscape. A surprising discovery in the field of archaeogenetics has completely transformed the understanding of one of the most significant prehistoric burials…...
Genetics Shows That Bronze Age States in China Were a Social Invention Forged Through Rituals: The Discovery That Rewrites History
1+ week, 4+ day ago (676+ words) An unprecedented genetic study of 163 individuals from the Dahekou cemetery reveals population continuity in the Yellow River basin for over two millennia and links to the current inhabitants of northern China. The researchers compared the genetic material of the Dahekou…...
DNA analysis of the “Golden Man” reveals that a few elite families ruled Scythian nomadic society 2,500 years ago
3+ week, 2+ day ago (432+ words) A genomic analysis of 85 individuals from the Iron Age shows that elite status was passed down from generation to generation and that women held prominent positions in the nomadic society The discovery of the Golden Man in the Issyk kurgans…...
8,000 years ago, the last hunter-gatherers of northern Spain breastfed their children until the age of four and barely set foot on the coast
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (960+ words) A study analyzes the dental growth of five Mesolithic individuals buried in the cave of Los Canes and reveals how they lived, ate, and raised their children 8,000 years ago Radiocarbon dating of these teeth provided a range covering the entire…...
Mysterious Footprints Carved in Stone Found in Southern Scandinavia Reveal Secret Pacts in the Bronze Age
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1619+ words) A study discovers that the footprints carved into the rocks of Scandinavia were not simple drawings, but physical “devices” to seal alliances between people. On the coasts of southern Scandinavia, engraved in rocks that faced the sea thousands of years…...
The Iberians of the Northeast of the Iberian Peninsula Maintained Genetic Continuity for Six Centuries Despite Contact with Phoenicians and Greeks
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (459+ words) A UAB study analyzes the genome of 54 babies buried in three archaeological sites to trace genetic evolution from the Iron Age to Romanization, covering a period between 2,700 and 2,100 years ago. The Iberian peoples who inhabited the northeast of the Iberian…...
Evidence Found in Ethiopia That Homo sapiens Cremated Their Dead 100,000 Years Ago, 60,000 Before the Oldest Known Record
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (433+ words) The discovery, made at one of the best-preserved open-air sites of early Homo sapiens communities, includes bones burned at high temperatures alongside evidence of predation and sudden burial. Research in this area has been ongoing since 1981, and the new data…...
59,000 Years Ago, a Neanderthal Underwent a Dental Drilling to Cure an Infection, and then that Knowledge was Lost
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (699+ words) A team of researchers has documented what is likely the oldest case of successful dental treatment in history of human evolution, performed by a Neanderthal who lived in the Chagyrskaya cave, in the Altai region, approximately 59,000 years ago. The finding,…...
Large Megalithic Tombs in Neolithic Scotland Were Built to Safeguard the Paternal Line for Centuries
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (626+ words) A team of archaeologists has succeeded in establishing the genetic relationships among individuals buried in chambered tombs from the Neolithic period in northern Scotland, specifically in Caithness and the Orkney Islands, with a chronology spanning from 3800 to 3200 years before our…...