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This painted penguin pot is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. It was made about 1,600 years ago and was collected in Peru in the late 19th century. The multicolored ceramic vessel is ...
An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat ...
The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...
Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...
Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...
A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...
A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the ...
A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the ...
The tools show a level of planning and craftsmanship that challenges the notion that East Asian hominins were technologically ...
In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...
Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.