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APRIL 2, 2025

These artifacts suggest that the inhabitants of Longtan were engaging in complex tool-making behavior typically attributed to Neanderthals in Europe. While Denisovans are best known from DNA evidence and a few fossil fragments found in Siberia and Tibet, their archaeological footprint remains largely unknown. Who Made the Tools?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A recent study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 1 takes a significant step toward answering these questions. The Engraved Stones of the Levant The researchers focused on five artifacts from four archaeological sites: Manot Cave, Amud Cave, Qafzeh Cave, and Quneitra. First and foremost is sample size.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

One such discovery has emerged from the archaeological site of Jebel Faya, a rock shelter nestled in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Examples of retouched artifacts from the stratigraphically youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Related Research Bretzke, K.,

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MARCH 10, 2025

In a new paper published in Advances in Archaeological Practice 1 , Ward and his colleagues are calling for museums to take a more ethical, culturally informed approach to caring for the bones of animals, particularly those tied to Indigenous traditions. Are they places where we treat archaeological objects as inanimate things?

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Recent archaeological findings suggest that the Bronze Age board game, Hounds and Jackals—also known as Fifty-Eight Holes—may have originated not in Egypt, as previously believed, but in Asia. According to Crist and co-author Rahman Abdullayev, more precise evidence is needed from securely dated archaeological contexts.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

Despite the abundance of artifacts unearthed from this civilization, human remains are notably scarce, leaving many aspects of their daily lives shrouded in mystery. Even small fragments can reveal extraordinary insights when combined with advanced archaeological, osteological, and isotopic analyses. Journal : Antiquity , 2018.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

University of Wyoming anthropologists have unearthed one of the earliest circular plazas in Andean South America at the Callacpuma archaeological site in Peru's Cajamarca Basin. Excavations starting in 2018 unearthed artifacts and charcoal samples, enabling precise radiocarbon dating.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Researchers from the China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed that silk played a significant role in sacrificial rituals conducted by the Shu State during the late Shang Dynasty (1600–1100 BCE). Cambridge Archaeological Journal. Ge, J., & Hu, Y.

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