Aux origines

Los sexos modernos aparecieron más o menos solapados, según dos estudios que publica la revista 'Science'. Sus resultados proveen además un análisis más profundo sobre cómo las poblaciones humanas ...

Tests on three mummies shed new light on the Inca ritual of child sacrifice, suggesting victims were sedated with drugs and alcohol.

The stone artwork - which is decorated on both sides and has been described as one of the 'finest ever' to be found in Britain - was uncovered on the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney, Scotland.

Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam -- two individuals who passed down a portion of their genomes to the vast expanse of humanity -- are known as our most recent common ancestors, or MRCAs.

L'étude des sols permet de mieux comprendre l'agriculture Maya et donc d'estimer sa population.

Archeologists at the University of Manchester have discovered communal halls that were ritually burned and buried after the death of the head of a family that date to about 3,800BC.

STAINING the Neolithic sky red, the fires of Dorstone Hill must have been seen for miles, their message a portent of a civilisation to come.

The threat of infants being killed by unrelated males is the key driver of monogamy in humans and other primates, a new study suggests.

El CENIEH, con sede en Burgos, se encarga del análisis geológico y de la industria lítica y sedimentos encontrados en la garganta de Olduvai (Tanzania).

Un piège à poisson du mésolithique mise au jour en Irlande.

Durante las últimas excavaciones se han encontrado los objetos que acompañaban a los difuntos como armas, útiles, vasijas o adornos

My last two posts discuss two new studies that contradict the Deep Roots Theory of War, which holds that war is ancient and innate. One study ...

Revealing a prehistoric complex in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney

Scientists have found that bacteria have the potential to teach valuable investment lessons. The research takes advantage of the fact that bacteria, like humans, have limited resources and are constantly faced with investment decisions.

Using advanced analysis of DNA from Y chromosomes from men all over the world, scientists have shed new light on the mystery of when and how a few early human ancestors started to give rise to the incredible diversity of today’s population.

When a single genetic mutation first let ancient Europeans drink milk, it set the stage for a continental upheaval.

Depuis mars 2013, une équipe d'archéologues de l'Inrap explore, sur prescription de l'État (Drac Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur), 1,8 hectare situé dans la ZAC des Vigneaux à Cuges-les-Pins (Bouches-du-Rhône). Cette fouille s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un projet d'aménagement confié à la SAEMPA par la communauté d'agglomération du Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Étoile. Outre un habitat néolithique, les chercheurs exhument actuellement une sépulture paléolithique.

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The remains of two large 6000-year-old halls, each buried within a prehistoric burial mound, have been discovered by archaeologists.

Hasta ahora los científicos habían convenido que  las plantas y otras criaturas sólo han vivido en tierrafirme durante los últimos 500 millones de años, y que las tierras emergidas de nuestro plane...

Un equipo de investigación liderado por la profesora de la Universidad de León Margarita Fernández Mier ha realizado el hallazgo