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Category: archaeology

archaeology / chocolate / Maya / Society and Culture

Cacao wasn’t just for ancient Maya elite

Among ancient Mayas, cacao wasn’t a food exclusive to the elite. It was an important and common part of rituals for all.

apes / archaeology / fossils / Science and Technology / skulls

Team finds oldest ever gibbon fossil

The newly discovered fossil clarifies our understanding of the evolution of a family of apes that includes modern gibbons.

apes / archaeology / fossils / Science and Technology / skulls

Team finds oldest ever gibbon fossil

The newly discovered fossil clarifies our understanding of the evolution of a family of apes that includes modern gibbons.

archaeology / burials / Featured / history / Roman Empire / Science and Technology

Burial site reveals how Etruscan identity survived Roman conquest

An ancient burial site reveals how Etruscans survived the conquest by Rome, suggesting a cultural osmosis not a subordination of one population to another.

archaeology / dinosaurs / fossils / Science and Technology

Long-necked dino is a new branch on the sauropod family tree

A medium-sized sauropod dinosaur that lived in northern Columbia about 175 million years ago helps rewrite the history of sauropods in South America.

archaeology / domestication / genomes / Science and Technology / seeds / taste / watermelon

Ancient watermelon ancestor reveals a seed surprise

People initially appear to have collected or cultivated an ancient ancestor of today’s watermelon for its seeds, not its flesh, researchers report.

agriculture / archaeology / cities / drought / Earth and Environment / Maya / Society and Culture

Drought, conflict destroyed prehistoric city of Mayapan

Climate and conflict entwined when the prehistoric Maya city of Mayapan fell apart, research shows.

archaeology / Featured / feces / maize / Maya / social lives / Society and Culture

Ancient pits shed light on Maya tamales and indoor toilets

Two ancient pits dug into the corner of a Guatemalan home a millennium ago offers clues to Maya toilets—and tamales, too.

Africa / anthropology / archaeology / DNA / Society and Culture

DNA from ancient African foragers indicates cultural change

An unprecedented dataset of ancient African DNA let researchers outline major demographic shifts that took place between about 80,000 and 20,000 years ago.

archaeology / genes / migration / Society and Culture / United Kingdom

DNA says migration reshaped Bronze Age Britain

The massive scale of the new study challenges previous notions of the origins of Celtic languages and culture in Britain, says coauthor Douglas J. Kennett.

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