Aux origines

A team of palaeontologists have unearthed a trove of ancient whale fossils, believed to be more than 40 million years old, in Peru’s Ocucaje desert. The ancient fossil of a 40 million-year-old 'walking whale' has been unearthed by Peruvian palaeontologists [Credit: Euronews] The discovery provides new evidence of the evolutionary link between sea mammals and their land-dwelling ancestors. Palaeontologist Rodolfo Salas...

A study into the aerodynamic performance of feathered dinosaurs, by scientists from the University of Southampton, has provided new insight into the evolution of bird flight.

In excavating sites in a long-inhabited urban area like Jerusalem, archaeologists are accustomed to noting complexity in their finds—how various occupying civilizations layer over one another during the site's continuous use over millennia.

A Bronze Age crystal pavement described as "unique" by archaeologists is to be uncovered for the first time since the 1930s. The monument, at the Hurlers stone circle on Bodmin Moor, is believed to be the only one of its kind in the British Isles. Scientists and historians hope that by studying it they will gain a better understanding of early civilisations.
Organised by the Caradon Hill Area Heritage Project, "Mapping the Sun" will be led by a team from Cornwall Council's Historic Environment department. Archaeologists will be setting up at the site close to the village of Minions this weekend and the excavation will be open to the public between Tuesday and Saturday.

An archaeologists analysis on how the construction of megalithic monuments in Atlantic Europe are not restricted to a single purpose, nor how they reflect one aspect of the community that built them.

Le site de l'âge du bronze, Hala Sultan Tekke, à Chypre était un centre d'échange important pour la région mais aussi pour le commerce longue distance.

A Neolithic stone complex has been found on an island of Lake Pielinen in Northern Karelia. Similar sites have previously only been found in Ostrobothnian coastal areas. This is the first of its kind in inland Finland.

Si le couple est la norme dans la plupart des sociétés, c'est avant tout pour des raisons culturelles.

New research published today in Journal of the Royal Society Interface suggests that human language was made possible by the evolution of particular psychological abilities.

Sarah Otto May 3, 2013 Annual Science Board Symposium and Meeting New Perspectives in Evolution

Le travail d'archéologues ne se révèle exceptionnel que si l'on fait une grande découverte. Récemment dans le centre de Jérusalem, des fouilles menées au pied du Mont du Temple...

El descubrimiento de un complejo con más de 100 edificaciones, además de cuatro formaciones megalíticas, colocan a las islas Orcadas como la puerta al neolítico

El Stonehenge escocés Las espectaculares estructuras desenterradas en las Islas Orcadas han revelado que esta zona fue la cuna del Neolítico británico.

The rough-looking stone blades and arrowheads found on Waskaganish territory could reveal how people lived in Canada thousands of years ago.

An investigation is underway into the looting of Ancient Egyptian artefacts from Mit-Rahina (once known as Memphis). Egypt's prosecutor-general is investigating the theft of hundreds of objects from galleries in Mit Rahina – known in Ancient Egypt as Memphis {Credit: Ahram] Antiquities Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has asked the prosecutor-general to question representatives from the Ancient Egyptian department at the antiquities...

A pair of ditches discovered during work to cover up the main road running through Stonehenge have proven that the famous monuments were once connected to the River Avon by a formal processional approach.

Found near the Heel Stone lying about 24 metres from the entrance to Stonehenge, the ditches represent either side of The Avenue, a long, linear feature to the north-east of the site which has been severed for centuries by the A344.

La culture fait partie intégrante du processus de l'évolution. L'apparition du langage a permis à nos ancêtres de communiquer et d'établir des stratégies pour se développer. Quatrième volet de notre série "Evolution perpétuelle".

Des scientifiques ont découvert les restes d'une offrande humaine au pied du Grand Temple (Templo Mayor) de la ville de Mexico. Le crâne ...

For decades, the movement of an ancient ape species called Oreopithecus bambolii has been a matter of debate for scientists.

Giant plankton-eating animals first filled the prehistoric seas more than 160 million years ago but they were wiped out in the same event that killed off the dinosaurs, and then replaced by plankton-eating sharks and whales.