Scientific American
An Ancient Greek Astronomical Calculation Machine Reveals New Secrets
~16 min read · 2021-12-16 · Scientists have a new understanding of the mysterious Antikythera mechanism that challenges assumptions about ancient technology
Science Magazine
Female pharaoh’s temple reveals how Egypt’s ‘ancient masters’ carved their art
3 min read · 2021-11-17 · Rookie sculptors teamed up with talented masters—just like Renaissance greats
Big Think
Homo naledi: Archaeologists recover the fragmented skull of an elusive species of ancient human
4 min read · 2021-11-11 · The Homo naledi skull was found in the Rising Star cave, itself located at a site known to UNESCO as the Cradle of Mankind.
Big Think
Found: 200,000-year-old cave art made by children
3 min read · 2021-09-25 · In the perilous mountains of Tibet, archaeologists unearthed ancient hand and footprints that seem to be the creative work of children.
Big Think
Human migration: North America settled as early as 26,000 years ago
3 min read · 2021-09-25 · Fossilized footprints found at an excavation site in southwest New Mexico prove human migration onto the continent much earlier than thought.
Big Think
Ancient woman’s DNA provides evidence of mysterious lost Toalean culture
4 min read · 2021-09-25 · Who were the Toaleans? When did they arrive and how widespread were they? New DNA findings show how little we know about early humans.
NPR
An Ancient Tablet, Stolen Then Acquired By Hobby Lobby, Will Be Returned To Iraq
2 min read · 2021-09-22 · Known as the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, it was looted from Iraq and made its way through several hands before Hobby Lobby purchased it for the Museum of the Bible in 2014.
Live Science
Ancient bones reveal previously unknown Japanese ancestors
4 min read · 2021-09-20 · They help confirm a long-standing theory about the genetic origins of modern-day Japanese populations.
The Washington Post
On a trek for Arctic dinosaur footprints in Alaska preserve
2021-07-25 · Three scientists spent eight days searching for such fossils to reconstruct the extinct creatures’ ecosystem. They hope their research could shed light on climate change, too.
knowablemagazine.org
How Do We Know What Ancient People Ate? Their Dirty Dishes.
~11 min read · 2021-07-24 · New scientific techniques have turned ancient food into less of a mystery.
nature
How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs
~13 min read · 2021-06-22 · Well before people domesticated crops, they were grinding grains for hearty stews and other starchy dishes.
Big Think
Dinosaurs were doomed even before the asteroid
4 min read · 2021-07-15 · Climate and ecological changes as well as disruption to the food chain were already killing off the dinosaurs.
ScienceDaily
New method could reveal what genes we might have inherited from Neanderthals
3 min read · 2021-06-22 · Using neural networks, researchers have developed a new method to search the human genome for beneficial mutations from Neanderthals and other archaic humans. These humans are known to have interbred…
palladiummag.com
Why Civilization Is Older Than We Thought
20+ min read · 2021-05-19 · New discoveries are adding millennia to our past. The implications should change our future.
Ars Technica
Archaeologists recreated three common kinds of Paleolithic cave lighting
7 min read · 2021-06-19 · Experiments could enhance our understanding of the origin of prehistoric art in caves
nature
A 51,000-year-old engraved bone reveals Neanderthals’ capacity for symbolic behaviour
2021-07-09 · The authors report an incised giant deer phalanx (toe bone), directly radiocarbon dated to at least 51,000 years old. The age and context of the object suggests that it was engraved by Neanderthals.
