A new study of ancient DNA has completely changed our understanding of the peoples who lived in Stone Age and Bronze Age Europe. It was only about 1000 BC, well into the Iron Age, that we first saw light skinned individuals emerge on the continent. The study, published in BiorXiv, concludes that lighter skin and
Another day, another fascinating LiDAR discovery, this time in the Romanian county of Neamț. Archaeologists have used the pulsed laser technology to uncover ancient human settlements hidden in the dense forests of the area. The study, a joint collaboration between Geocad Services, Geo Edu Lab, and the National Institute for Research and Development for Earth
Something happened in Britain five and a half thousand years ago, which marked a transition in social and ritual activity we are still piecing together. In a relatively short space of time, the prehistoric peoples of the island decided to go in a different direction with their monolithic building projects. Out were the long barrows,
An ancient timber circle with a similar arrangement to the famous Stonehenge in England has been discovered in Denmark. The circle, consisting of some 45 wooden posts driven into the ground, was found at a site in Aars, North Jutland. This so-called “wood henge” is in fact the second to be found in the area,
A new study into a 7,000 year old bovid femur found in Kruger Cave, South Africa, has shed lights on the secrets of Neolithic hunting in the region. The femur had three arrowheads embedded in it, suggesting that it was used as a quiver. The arrowheads were found to have been coated with three separate
A team of researchers from St Andrew’s University in Scotland have made an astonishing discovery regarding an ancient ruin at the other end of the country. The rectangular earthworks known locally as “King Arthur’s Hall” on Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor have been found to be much older than had been thought. The name itself was always