Archeology

Argarican couple, silver crown may point to woman with political power in Bronze Age

The findings add to an emerging body of research from Europe that is re-examining female power during the Bronze Age.

Fat residue found in Harappan civilisation cooking pots show that they consumed meat

Scientists believe the findings highlight the resilience of rural settlements in northwest India during the transformation of the Indus Civilisation and during a period of increasing aridity.

Archeologist uncover skeletal remains of two men escaping from Mount Vesuvius's eruption in Pompeii

The remains of the two victims, lying next to each other on their backs, were found in a layer of grey ash at least two meters deep

'Wonderchicken' fossil shows link between dinosaurs in their day and modern day birds

The bird fossil includes a nearly complete skull hidden inside a nondescriptive rock and dates back more than 66 million years ago.

Stone tools show humans in India survived the cataclysmic Toba eruption 74,000 years ago

The plume of the eruption punched more than 30 km into the sky and blanketed much of India and Africa in a layer of ash.

227 Chimu children's skeletons found in Peru, evidence points to ritual killing

The children, aged four to 14, were sacrificed to appease El Nino and the Chimu culture's gods.

Tiny 20-million-year-old monkey skull points to primate brain areas evolving separately

The brain size of primates, thought to have increased progressively, seems to have followed a more roundabout path.

DNA shows that biblical Philistines came to the Middle East from southern Europe

Archaeologists unearthed the remains in Israel and send more than 100 skeletal samples for testing in Germany.

Israeli researchers used 5,000 year old 'resurrected' yeast to make beer and mead

The next step is to make the beer using ingredients available at that time for a better understanding of the flavour.

Welcome to the family Homo luzonensis: Dig finds new species of early human

The newly-discovered Homo luzonensis has a foot bone unlike any known human contemporaries.