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Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) have identified semi-domesticated maize specimens from caves in Brazil’s Peruaçu Valley, revealing a unique chapter in the crop’s evolutionary history.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Quaternary Science Reviews; CC-by-4.0 ) Inside the Hearth Within the hearth, researchers identified several key components: Charcoal and partially burned plant material : Including rockrose, a shrub that produces resin when heated. It would have taken several steps to put together a glue-making station, the researchers found.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Recent groundbreaking research in Antiquity 1 has revolutionized the understanding of ancient Maya civilization. Utilizing cutting-edge lidar technology, researchers from Tulane University and Northern Arizona University have uncovered more than 6,500 structures hidden beneath the dense forests of Campeche, Mexico.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Study of Ancient Alaskan Canids To explore this complex history, a team of archaeologists led by François Lanoë from the University of Arizona analyzed 111 sets of bones from canids unearthed at archaeological sites across interior Alaska. Journal : Journal of Anthropological Archaeology , 2019. lupus/familiaris ).

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

. “The structure aligns with theoretical models predicting the use of specialized heating techniques for birch tar production, a hallmark of Neanderthal ingenuity,” the researchers note. Journal of Archaeological Science, 117 , 105116. Journal of Archaeological Research, 22 (4), 563–602. Leierer, L.,

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

New research, led by Guillaume Charloux and published in PLOS ONE 1 , focuses on the third-to-second-millennium BCE town of al-Natah, shedding light on Arabia's unique urbanization process during this era. Reprinted under a CC BY license, with permission from AFALULA-RCU-CNRS, 2024. 2024, PLOS ONE , CC-BY 4.0 1 Charloux, G.,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

High in the Zeravshan Valley of Tajikistan, the Soii Havzak rock-shelter has provided researchers with an invaluable glimpse into early human migration routes and daily life in Central Asia. Discovered 1 only recently, this rock-shelter sits 40 meters above a tributary of the Zeravshan River, approximately 10 kilometers north of Panjakent.

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MARCH 6, 2025

New research published in Antiquity 1 by geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri and his team reveals a massive, intricate irrigation system in the Eridu region—one that predates the first millennium BCE. A Challenge for Future Research One of the most pressing questions raised by this discovery is when exactly each canal was in use.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

These stones, excavated by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, reveal early examples of rotational tools, predating the invention of the wheel by thousands of years. Instead, the researchers hypothesize that these perforated stones were spindle whorls, early tools used for hand-spinning yarn.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

By analyzing one million words of Akkadian cuneiform, researchers unearthed fascinating connections between emotional states and specific body parts, offering fresh insights into human emotional experience through time. However, researchers caution that linguistic descriptions alone may not capture the full scope of emotional experience.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A new study published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 1 has upended this assumption. By directly comparing the stone tools (lithics) of these two cultures for the first time, researchers have found no meaningful technological connection between them. But do they? 1) Core exploited by orthogonal planes. (2, 4a) blade-like. (4b)

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The find also highlights the importance of interdisciplinary archaeological work. Using carbon-14 dating, the research team confirmed the age of the tomb, artifacts, and writing, providing robust evidence for the early development of alphabetic systems. 2024, November 21). 1 Robbins, H.

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MARCH 25, 2025

By analyzing cores from Egypt's Nazlet Khater region and Dhofar, Oman, the researchers tested several hypotheses about Levallois toolmaking: Was core shape independent of size, as suggested by the principle of "autocorrelation," meaning the shape remained consistent despite reduction in size through use? J., & von Cramon-Taubadel, N.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Credit: Science (2024). Insights from 130,000 Years of Climate and Human Impact The study tracked vegetation changes in southeastern Australia over the past 130,000 years, analyzing fossil pollen and archaeological data to determine how climate and human land use shaped the region’s ecology. ladder fuels). 1 Mariani, M.,

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The researchers from the University of Missouri, University of Tübingen, and other institutions found that ochre mining at Lion Cavern involved significant effort, suggesting that ochre was a highly sought resource. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating methods confirmed its use as the world’s oldest ochre mine.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Recent research 1 has unveiled that multiple Denisovan populations existed, each uniquely adapted to their environments and contributing beneficial genes to various human populations through several distinct interbreeding events. Yet, many questions remain unanswered.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Bae of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and senior researcher Xiujie Wu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the research sheds light on a complex evolutionary period in Asia’s late Middle and early Late Pleistocene. Credit: Nature Communications (2024).

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JULY 30, 2024

The deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula have long been the focus of archaeological research, revealing their roles as cradles of early human civilization and migration routes through so-called “green corridors.” Describing sediments and sampling them for dating at Narabeb.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 (PNAS), combines insights from genetics, linguistics, and archaeology to paint a more complete picture of Wallacea’s past. Researchers analyzed 254 newly sequenced genomes, uncovering evidence of extensive gene flow from West Papua into the islands of Wallacea.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

A groundbreaking study by researchers from the University of Tübingen, led by Dr. Alexandros Karakostis, provides fresh insights into how changes in brain function enabled early humans to wield tools with precision. Tools as a Catalyst for Evolution The ability to create and use tools is a hallmark of human evolution.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

When he processed the survey’s data, conducted by plane, with an archaeological rather than an environmental perspective, Auld-Thomas noticed manmade structures beneath the treetops. In fact, the researchers say Valeriana was the second-densest Mayan city, after Calakmul, and has the hallmarks of a capital city.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In early 2024, a controversy swirled around filming for the Netflix series Ancient Apocalypse in the Grand Canyon and Chaco Canyon in the U.S. In fact, it is because of the ancestors of the Hopi and Zuni people, and the Pai Tribes, that archaeological sites exist in the Grand Canyon. Southwest, many Native leaders objected.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This research not only illuminates the genetic identity of the Picenes but also provides valuable insights into the broader demographic shifts that shaped Central Italy before and after the Roman conquest. Our understanding of them has primarily come from archaeology—richly adorned graves, weapons, and evidence of trade.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The research, published in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 1 , presents compelling micro-archaeological evidence that fire was not just a survival tool but a defining cultural trait of the Gravettian tradition. Additionally, the researchers found high concentrations of manganese oxides in the combustion features.

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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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JULY 18, 2024

Cut marks on ancient fossils have been identified as evidence of human exploitation of large mammals in Argentina more than 20,000 years ago, according to a study published on July 17, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE 1 by Mariano Del Papa of the National University of La Plata, Argentina, and his colleagues.

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MAY 24, 2024

Introduction: A Landmark Discovery in Qaleh Kurd Cave In a momentous archaeological breakthrough, French and Iranian researchers have unearthed compelling evidence of early human habitation in Iran's Central Plateau, pushing back the known timeline of human settlement in the region by an astonishing 300,000 years.

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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. 2024 A Global History of Ancient Games Board games have been part of human culture for millennia. Crist et al.,

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JUNE 27, 2024

Christopher Lowman built a writing course for the era of ChatGPT, introducing anthropology majors to Large Language Models (LLMs) and their ability to prompt research topics and improve writing while teaching students to recognize AI’s limitations. Ian Straughn worked with students in an introductory archaeology course using Humata.ai

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

.” – bell hooks From January to May 2024, I taught a class that could have been blocked at my previous institution in Florida—if it wasn’t potentially illegal. and, in the context of international research, has United States citizenship. Bio)archaeology is no stranger to its colonial baggage. Intersectional Anthropology.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

However, the researchers caution that this type of skeletal change is not exclusive to riding; other activities, such as prolonged sitting or riding in carts, can also produce similar alterations. Hosek said, “In archaeology, there are vanishingly few instances in which we can tie a particular activity unequivocally to skeletal changes.”

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Recent archaeological findings 1 in West Papua have unveiled new insights into one of the most significant migrations in human history—the journey of early Homo sapiens into the Pacific Islands. This site, rich in archaeological deposits, provided a window into the lives of the early humans who inhabited the region.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

How might we recognise and engage with understandings of trauma, and what implications might this have for anthropological research and teaching? This special issue aims to draw together insights for deploying these findings in research and teaching with particular attention to reducing possibilities of harm. by 2nd April 2023.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

While previous studies have focused on when these encounters occurred, recent research has turned its attention to where these interspecies interactions took place. This research has pinpointed the Zagros Mountains, a significant mountain range on the Persian Plateau, as a key region where these two human species overlapped.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

The reasons behind these fluctuations have long puzzled researchers. Traditionally, researchers have focused on environmental factors or direct social conflicts as the primary drivers of these changes. ” The interdisciplinary approach of combining complexity science with archaeological evidence has proven fruitful in this study.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Since their discovery in the 1940s, researchers have sought to decode their purpose and origins, with little concrete evidence as to why the ancient Nazca people created them. PNAS, 2024) For decades, only 430 of these geoglyphs had been cataloged, leaving many questions unanswered. PNAS , 2024) In collaboration with the IBM Thomas J.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

Reassessing long-standing assumptions about early human diets, recent archaeological findings 1 from burial sites in the Peruvian Andes between 9,000 and 6,500 years ago suggest a surprising narrative. What the Bones Tell Us Examining bones for carbon and nitrogen forms, researchers found intriguing insights. 1 Chen, J. Eerkens, J.

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