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Climate Change and Prehistoric Populations: Insights from Europe's Final Paleolithic

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Credit: PLOS ONE (2025). ​ Dr. Isabell Schmidt from the University of Cologne's Department of Prehistoric Archaeology explains:​ "These observations probably reflect the eastward movement of people in response to the very abrupt and pronounced climatic cooling during the Younger Dryas. Credit: PLOS ONE (2025).

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Rethinking Early Architecture: Computational Insights into Neolithic Building Practices

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Published in Archaeological Research in Asia 1 , the research introduces a computational approach that reveals unexpected complexity in the architectural development of Neolithic settlements. Credit: Naftali Hilger The Role of Computational Archaeology The study underscores the transformative potential of computational methods in archaeology.

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East Meets West: Avar Society’s Genetic Patchwork in Early Medieval Austria

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New research, published in Nature 1 by an international team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, delves into the lives of two neighboring Avar communities in Lower Austria. Archaeological evidence suggested these people coexisted peacefully, identifying themselves as part of the broader Avar society.

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Rethinking Levallois: A 3D Look at the Precision of Middle Stone Age Tool-making

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Evolutionary Anthropology, 30 (4), 208-218. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences , 17 (4). The efficiency of stone tool production: Quantifying the effects of Levallois preparation." PLOS ONE, 11 (6), e0158002. link] Blinkhorn, J., & Grove, M. Cultural transmission and Levallois variability: A model-based assessment."

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Call for Editor-in-Chief: American Anthropologist

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The American Anthropological Association seeks applications for a new Editor-in-Chief (or Coeditors-in-Chief) of the associations flagship journal, American Anthropologist ( AA ), for a four-year term beginning January 1, 2027, with an additional year shadowing the current Editor-in-Chief, beginning January 1, 2026.

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Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara Reveals a Lost North African Lineage

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© Archaeological Mission in the Sahara, Sapienza University of Rome By analyzing DNA from two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals found in the Takarkori rock shelter of southwestern Libya, researchers have identified a genetic signature distinct from both sub-Saharan and Eurasian populations. Al-Faloos, M. Turjman, M.,

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Bones of Contention: New Evidence of Cannibalism in Magdalenian Culture

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Credit: Scientific Reports (2025). Cut Marks and Cracked Bones: The Case for Cannibalism Maszycka Cave is not new to the anthropological world. Archaeological evidence for cannibalism in prehistoric Western Europe ( Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory ). DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.06.003 Saladié, P.,