Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A human skeleton that is believed to be over 8,000 years old has been discovered by speleologist and archaeologist Octavio del Río and diver Peter Broger, involved in a diving expedition in the Tulum area, Mexico.
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Tiny crystals in ancient animal dung serve as key evidence in a new analysis suggesting the possibility that hunter-gatherers at Abu Hureyra, Syria, may have tended small numbers of animals just outside their dwellings between
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Georgia have found a 1.8-million-year-old tooth belonging to an early species of human. “The tooth was discovered near the village of Orozmani, around 100 km (62 miles) southwest of the Georgian capital of
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists are investigating a puzzling 7,000-year.old circular structure discovered in Vinoř, an area on the outskirts of Prague, Czech Republic. The purpose of the ancient Neolithic structures is still unclear, but scientists hope further studies
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – From small coins to tiny pieces of ceramic and even clumps of soil, Seth Bernard and a group of graduate students from the University of Toronto are unearthing a story about how a Roman city
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A 5,000-year-old container, discovered behind a butcher’s shop, is being exhibited at Kirkcaldy Galleries having been recently conserved by experts. Conservation has been completed as part of a wider project to find out more about
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – For 31 years, archaeologists have conducted excavation and restoration works in the ruins of the Ayanis Castle. The castle has a size of 100x 400 m and is one of the civilization’s most magnificent structures thanks
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – During excavations at the ancient site of Troy, a team of archaeologists unearthed the remains of a 3,700-year-old domed oven that clearly show links with Anatolian culture in Troy, in and after the Bronze Age. The
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists at the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology have used satellite imagery to identify and map over 350 monumental hunting structures known as ‘kites’ across northern Saudi Arabia and southern Iraq – most of
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Famous for the natural beauty and stunning wildlife, the beautiful Isle of Mull in Scotland is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides after Skye. Archaeologists now have a possibility to investigate two curious elongated
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – An international team of archaeologists study 3,000 years old settlement in Cyprus, one of the most important Bronze Age settlements in the region. The site studied by Polish archaeologists, view from a drone. Photo from
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – One of Britain’s most impressive ancient Roman ruins is Hadrian’s Wall. Also known as the Picts’ Wall, the massive structure prevented raiders from the north from destroying the strategic Roman base at Corbridge in Northumberland.
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – We stand in the open fields of Spanish Lookout, a modernized Mennonite farming community in Central Belize, looking at what remains of ancestral Maya homes. White mounds, the remnants of these houses, pock the landscape
AncientPages.com – When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn’t the first person to discover the continent. Instead, his discovery was the last of many discoveries. In all, people found
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – How frequent was violence in prehistoric human societies? One way to measure this is to look for trauma in prehistoric human remains. For example, a recent review of pre-Columbian remains found evidence of trauma from
![Microscopy picture of a dividing basal radial glial cell, a progenitor cell type that generates neurons during brain development. Modern human TKTL1, but not Neandertal TKTL1, increases basal radial glia and neuron abundance. Credit: Pinson et al., Science 2022 / MPI-CBG Left: Microscopy picture of a dividing basal radial glial cell, a progenitor cell type that generates neurons during brain development. Modern human TKTL1, but not Neandertal TKTL1, increases basal radial glia and neuron abundance. [less] © Pinson et al., Science 2022 / MPI-CBG; Right: Anneline Pinson is a researcher in Wieland Huttner's group. © MPI-CBG](https://www.ancientpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Brain12Neurons.jpg "Modern Humans Generate More Brain Neurons Than Neandertals")
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The question of what makes modern humans unique has long been a driving force for researchers. Comparisons with our closest relatives, the Neandertals, therefore provide fascinating insights. Microscopy picture of a dividing basal radial glial
