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The Body’s Afterlife: How Mineral Concretions Became Molecular Time Capsules
Ancient microbial DNA and proteins preserved in burial concretions are changing how scientists read the record of decay — and revealing a new archive of…
Oct 13
2
13:01
The Tethered Highlands: Ancient Hunting Landscapes and Human Mobility in the Andean West
A vast network of stone traps & ephemeral dwellings reveals how ancient hunters moved with their prey across the high-altitude deserts of northern…
Oct 13
3
9:54
When the Sea Was a Road: Early Humans and the Lost Land Bridge of Ayvalık
New archaeological discoveries along Turkey’s Aegean coast suggest that both Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens may have shared a vanished corridor…
Oct 13
4
14:22
Mountains of Memory: How Neanderthals Endured the Wild Climate of the South Caucasus
Excavations at Ormagi Ekhi reveal how Ice Age foragers adapted to the mountains of Georgia, balancing cold, scarcity, and opportunity with the ingenuity…
Oct 11
2
10:59
When Bones Remember Movement: 9,000 Years of Aging, Labor, and Life in the Holocene
How ancient skeletons reveal that the story of human bone aging isn’t just biological—it’s cultural.
Oct 11
2
11:33
A Swollen Legacy: The Byzantine Child Who Carried a Rare Bone Disease
A 12th-century skeleton from Aphrodisias offers a haunting glimpse into childhood illness, medical uncertainty, and resilience in the Byzantine world.
Oct 10
3
12:23
The River Between Worlds: How Ancient DNA from China’s Baligang Site Rewrites the Story of Early East Asian Societies
Genomes from a 5,000-year-old community reveal deep-rooted cultural exchange, climate-driven migration, and one of the world’s earliest patrilineal…
Oct 9
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Anthropology & Primatology
2
15:36
When Giants Walked the Tiber: How Early Humans and Elephants Coexisted in a Warmer Italy
A 400,000-year-old elephant carcass near Rome reveals how early humans adapted to a lush, changing world—and how the environment shaped their ingenuity.
Oct 9
3
10:49
The Forgotten Gut of Zimapán
A thousand-year-old microbiome reveals how ancient Mexicans lived, ate, and shared their world with unseen companions.
Oct 8
3
13:15
The Empire in the Afterglow: How Psychedelic Beer Helped the Wari Bind a Fractured Andes
A new study suggests that 1,200 years ago, the Wari in Peru engineered empathy & alliance not only through roads and ritual, but through chemically…
Oct 8
2
14:18
When Giants Walked: How Rapa Nui’s Moai Moved Themselves into History
New archaeological evidence & physics-based experiments show that Easter Island’s colossal statues didn’t just stand; they walked, revealing the…
Oct 8
4
10:30
The Politics of Tools: How Small-Scale Societies Engineered the First Technologies of Power
Even the simplest toolkits, those of hunter-gatherers & early farmers, follow deep mathematical laws of innovation, revealing how efficiency, scarcity …
Oct 8
1
12:37
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