Evidence for Neolithic dairy farming in Finland
Lipid residues from prehistoric sherds reveal transition around 2500 BCE.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Archaeology & Prehistory
Articles about prehistoric archaeology.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human migration, Legacy posts
Neolithic was brought to Europe by maritime colonists
Ancient and modern mitochondrial DNA study links PPNB to modern populations of Cyprus and Crete.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
KwaZulu-Natal findings refute technological hiatus during African Middle Stone Age
Post-Howieson’s Poort Sibudan tradition was not ‘unstructured and unsophisticated ’.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Behaviour & Cognition, Legacy posts
Review finds no evidence for Neanderthal ‘inferiority’
Archaeological record of Neanderthals was not dissimilar to that of contemporary modern humans.
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Ancient DNA study provides additional insight into Neolithic transition in Scandinavia
Hunter-gatherers were absorbed into farming communities.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human migration, Legacy posts
Bronze Age pastoralists played key role in spread of crops in Central Asia
New archaeobotanical data highlights cereal cultivation by mobile groups during period 2800 to 1200 BCE.
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Fishing was rapidly abandoned by first farmers in Britain and Ireland
Lipid residue study finds evidence for dramatic change in diet during Neolithic transition.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human evolution, Legacy posts
Did lighter skin colour of Europeans arise during Neolithic?
Study finds evidence of strong positive selection for skin, eye and hair pigmentation over last 5,000 years.
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Chauvet cave paintings may be far more recent than generally believed
French archaeologists claim that prehistoric artwork thought to be 36,000 years old is actually 10,000 years younger.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Climate change, Human evolution, Legacy posts
Human footprints up to one million years old discovered at Happisburgh, Norfolk
Footprints left by small group of adults and children are the oldest discovered outside Africa.
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Mesolithic hunter-gatherers persisted in Central Europe for 2,000 years after arrival of farmers
Study indicates that foragers maintained way of life alongside farming communities.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Behaviour & Cognition, Legacy posts, Tools & technology
Projectile weapons invented by pre-modern humans
Study suggests Ethiopian Rift stone points were used as hafted javelin tips almost 280,000 years ago.