Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Recent scientific discoveries have shown that Neanderthal genes comprise some 1 to 4% of the genome of present-day humans whose ancestors migrated out of Africa, but the question remained open on how much those genes are
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – As an archaeologist, you can expect to find some surprises everywhere. That’s what happened during recent excavations on a hill in Tystberga outside the city of Norrköping, Sweden, where scientists unearthed something eye-catching. A new
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In ancient Etruscan belief, there is a mysterious being called Tuchulcha—a figure so unusual that scholars have long debated whether it is male or female. With an animal-like face and beard, yet often depicted in
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The ancient city of Kythnos on the Aegean Sea island has long fascinated archaeologists. The site, first inhabited about 10,000 years ago, has some of the oldest prehistoric settlements in the Cyclades. An aerial view of
AncientPages.com – The French archaeologist Ludovic Slimak has spent the past 30 years rummaging fields and caves from the Horn of Africa to the Artic Circle, and, of course, his beloved Rhône Valley in France. For the past year and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A team of researchers, including a Virginia Commonwealth University professor, has discovered rare prehistoric instruments made from the bones of birds dating back more than 12,000 years, according to findings published Friday in the journal
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Everyone goes to the toilet, but it’s not a subject we often discuss. Have you ever wondered how people in the past went to the toilet before the flush toilet was invented? Who would empty
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A unique hog-shaped pottery item – probably a child’s toy approximately 6,000 years ago, was unearthed in east China’s Jiangsu Province. The pottery pig was found during excavations at a Neolithic site of the Ma’an Relics
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A fragment of a statue depicting the Greek god Pan, has been unearthed during the excavations in Istanbul’s Saraçhane Archaeological Park. It is a new artifact recently discovered in this area of archaerological excavations that restarted tby he Istanbul Metropolitan
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – It’s impossible to say how many ancient shipwrecks can be found throughout the Mediterranean. Many civilizations, such as Egyptians, Phoenicians, Romans, and Greeks, were constantly present in the Mediterranean, either trading and exploring or they
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Scientists have discovered that shells were essential to our ancient ancestors on several occasions. Shells are one of the oldest ways humans have adorned and expressed themselves, with examples of deliberately-collected shell assemblages at human
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A couple in Denmark found a huge runestone under the floor while renovating the kitchen in their house in the village Mosekær just outside the city of Randers. Experts are currently examining the rune stone,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Medieval religious music is often perceived as being simple, and not particularly flashy or lavish. It often had a function that goes beyond simply being pleasant to listen to, says a University of Oslo researcher.
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – A newly discovered plant-eating dinosaur may have been a species’ “last gasp” during a period when Earth’s warming climate forced massive changes to global dinosaur populations. Iani smithi. Credit: Jorge Gonzalez The specimen, named Iani
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – Newly discovered biomarker signatures point to a whole range of previously unknown organisms that dominated complex life on Earth about a billion years ago. They differed from complex eukaryotic life as we know it,
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A genomic analysis of ancient human remains from Morocco in northwest Africa revealed that food production was introduced by Neolithic European and Levantine migrants and then adopted by local groups. A research team from Sweden,
