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Ancient DNA shows Swedish migration changed coastal Finland’s population after 1250 CE | Archaeology News Online Magazine
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Did Wildfires Spark the Invention of Pottery?
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Was???Ring Around the Rosie??? Really About the Plague?
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15,000-Year-Old Stone Tool Experiments Shed Light on Mysterious Ancient Technological Transition
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (695+ words) Stanford University scientists say experiments on ancient Chinese stone tools, including 15,000-year-old hand axes, have solved a longstanding mystery about the critical technological transition from rudimentary hand tools to more versatile ground-edged tools, suggesting these new technologies enabled uses beyond…...
Artificial Cranial Modification in Antiquity and the last 10 Years
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (722+ words) September 15, 2026 Carl Feagans Pseudoarchaeology 0 There’s been a lot of chatter on social media about so-called “elongated skulls” again lately, so I thought it was a good time to do an updated article and include some of the newest information on…...
A few minutes before the end of the third day of excavations: 12-year-old Alon found a rare agate
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (183+ words) During archaeological excavations in the Korozim National Park in the Upper Galilee, 12-year-old Alon Horovitz found a rare gemstone — a variety of agate called “nicolo”. The discovery was reported by Israel National News. The schoolboy noticed the small blue stone…...
Who Was the Mysterious Gallic Warrior Buried in Britain with a Unique 2,000-Year-Old Helmet?
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (521+ words) When archaeologists uncovered the grave of a heavily armed man at North Bersted in West Sussex, they found the equipment expected of an elite Iron Age warrior: a sword, spear and shield. But one object complicated the picture — an unusual…...
Stone Tools in China: A 70,000–100,000-Year-Old Shift
3+ day ago (504+ words) A 70,000–100,000-year-old site in China’s Lower Yangtze region yielded 3,596 stone artifacts. Their size and manufacture point to a change in toolmaking, but not to a known species or a settled explanation. Stone tools in China’s Lower Yangtze region point to…...
A 45,000 year old crystal tool challenges long held views of Neanderthal intelligence
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (440+ words) Futura, le média qui explore le monde A 45,000 year old crystal tool challenges long held views of Neanderthal intelligence A cave in the Dordogne George Grant MacCurdy led the five year project at Abri des Merveilles. Between 1924 and 1929, his team…...
Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary People After the Western Roman Empire Fell
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (1287+ words) Ancient DNA suggests Rome’s fall reshaped Europe through gradual migration and intermarriage, not a sudden barbarian takeover....