Adverse effects of interbreeding with Neanderthals
Not all ‘imported’ genes were beneficial.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human evolution, Legacy posts
Archaeology & Prehistory
Articles about prehistoric archaeology.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Death at Lake Turkana
Evidence of inter-group violence between East African hunter-gatherers 10,000 years ago.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human migration, Legacy posts
Humans were in the Arctic 45,000 years ago
Evidence for a human presence inside the Arctic Circle 15,000 years earlier than previously believed.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Bronze Age origins of bubonic plague
Study finds evidence of Yersinia pestis bacterium in 5,000-year-old human teeth.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Congenital defect is possible further evidence of inbreeding by Neanderthals at El Sidrón
High incidence of congenital clefts of the arch of the atlas observed among remains from Spanish site.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Chilling discovery at LBK site in GermanyÂ
Mass grave at Schöneck-Kilianstädten reveals Neolithic massacre.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Climate change, Legacy posts
Still no consensus on cause of Late Quaternary mass extinction
Studies reach opposite conclusions on humans vs climate change debate.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Ohalo II ‘proto-weeds’ indicate attempts to cultivate wild cereals 23,000 years ago
Evidence of low-level food production at Epipaleolithic site.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Earliest evidence of dentistry in Late Upper Palaeolithic
Stone tools used to treat dental caries 14,000 years ago.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Kennewick dispute set to reignite
Ancient DNA confirms Native American affinities.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Did Aboriginal Australians rediscover boats after over 20,000 years?
Evidence for human activity on island in ancient mega-lake.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Behaviour & Cognition, Legacy posts
Killed with a blunt instrument
Evidence for lethal interpersonal violence in the Middle Pleistocene.