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All the latest news and updates on archaeology. Archaeology is the study of human history and prehistory through the analysis of artefacts and other material remains.

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Early humans came terrifyingly close to being wiped out

Tech August 31, 2023 By Stephen Beech

8-year-old unearths Roman-era silver coin in school sandbox

Eight-year-old unearths rare Roman-era silver coin in school playground

Tech August 30, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Dog archaeologists trained to sniff out 3000-year-old skeletons

Elite sniffer dogs help archaeologists unearth 3,000-year-old skeleton

Tech August 30, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Archaeologists of the Pacopampa Archaeological Project hold pieces of pottery of a 3,000-year-old tomb which they believe might have honored an elite religious leader in the Andean country some three millennia ago, in Pacopampa, Peru August 26, 2023. Ministry of Culture of Peru/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

3,000-year-old 'high priest' with crossed legs unearthed in 'very peculiar' tomb

Tech August 28, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

A new face and partial brain case of Anadoluvius turkae, a fossil hominine ? the group that includes African apes and humans ? from the ?orakyerler fossil site located in Central Anatolia, T?rkiye. See SWNS story SWSCapes. Mankind might have walked out of Africa but their ape ancestors migrated there from Europe, a new study claims. A new ape from nearly nine million years ago has been discovered in Turkey and is related to living African apes and humans.The find underscores a theory that apes developed in Europe for around five million years before migrating into Africa where modern humans developed.The ape, Anadoluvius turkae, is around 8.7 million years old, about the size of a female gorilla and probably lived on the ground in a dry forest setting.

Underworld discovery challenges our understanding of human evolution

Tech August 31, 2023 By Jim Leffman

Aerial view of Tanegashima Island with idyllic beaches, Kagoshima, Japan

Parents on a Japanese island deformed their children's heads. No one knows why

Tech April 12, 2024 By Katherine Fidler

True appearance of Europe's oldest mummy Ötzi the iceman finally revealed

Tech August 17, 2023 By Nina Massey

Artwork of the Tundra Mammoth

Our ancestors suddenly disappeared. Now we know why

Tech August 16, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Tourists beside Twr Bach lighthouse, Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey, Wales

Rare 'offering to the gods' unearthed by amateur treasure hunters

Tech August 15, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Underworld discovery casts doubt on our understanding of mysterious Knights Templar

UK August 16, 2023 By Adam Dutton

Remains of 'vampire child' found in Poland

Tech August 11, 2023 By Katherine Fidler

This picture shows one of two halves of the fossil where the rock split.See SWNS story SWMRspider. ARGHH-aeology! It's a sight to cause fear in many, however this fossilised spider lived 310 million years ago. The ancient creepy crawly is described in a recent scientific paper as the oldest spider found in Germany. The study has been published in the international journal Pal?ontologische Zeitschrift by Dr. Jason Dunlop from the Museum f?r Naturkunde Berlin. Named Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki, the find comes from the Piesberg quarry near Osnabruck in Lower Saxony. This spider is between 310 and 315 million years old and was named after its discoverer, Tim Wolterbeek, who kindly donated the fossil to the Berlin Museum for study. Itprobably had a body length of about a centimetre and a leg span of about 4 cm. It is preserved well enough to show details of the silk-producing spinnerets and even hairs and claws on the legs.

Scientists stumble across 300-million-year-old spider that still has hair on its legs

Tech August 10, 2023 By Dean Murray

Researcher names recently discovered 500-million-year-old sea worm after ?Dune? monster - Shaihuludia shurikeni

Woman discovers 500-million-year-old 'bladed' sea monster previously unknown to science

Tech August 7, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

*EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 BST, WED AUG 2 (19.01 ET, TUES 1)* Artistic reconstruction of a group of Burgessomedusa phasmiformis swimming in the Cambrian sea. See SWNS story SWSCjellyfish. The oldest-ever species of jellyfish to have roamed the oceans of planet Earth has been discovered - at 505 million years old. The free-swimming predatory jellyfish, named Burgessomedusa phasmiformis, was discovered from fossil records extracted from the Burgess Shale - a famous fossil-bearing deposit in the Canadian Rockies. The fossils of the jellyfish are remarkably well-maintained at the site and show the animal - comprised 95 per cent of water - had tentacles capable of seizing sizeable prey.

This may look like a swimming cap, but it's actually a 500 million-year-old predator

Tech August 2, 2023 By James Gamble

Starry Night

A Bronze Age hunter found a meteorite. Then turned it into a weapon

Tech July 31, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Mystery over who was in a 2,000-year-old grave finally solved

UK July 27, 2023 By Katie Boyden

Embargoed until 19.00bst on Wednesday/14.00et Perspective photograph of the double-pointed throwing stick from Sch?ningen, Germany. See SWNS story SWSCstick. The world's oldest big game hunting weapon dating back 300,000 years has been unearthed in Germany. It had a point at either end - and was used for bringing down elephants, rhinoceroses and other animals. The four foot long projectile could be hurled accurately at beasts grazing more than 100 feet away. It was produced by early humans using skilful woodwork techniques - showing they were much more sophisticated and intelligent than previously thought.

This is much more than just a big stick – it reveals secrets about our ancestors

Tech July 20, 2023 By Nina Massey

Mammoth tusk discovery

Fossil hunters stumble across remarkable find in UK quarry

Tech July 19, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Treasures lost to the sea 280yrs ago in shipwreck hav e been restored to pristine condition

Acid-etched swords recovered from 18th century shipwreck

Tech March 14, 2024 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Nationally significant prehistoric site uncovered in Bedfordshire We?ve discovered 25 monumental pits in what has become a nationally important prehistoric site. Found in Linmere, Bedfordshire, they date from the Mesolithic Period (12,000-6,000 years ago), a time with few clues to suggest what life was like in Britain. The site was excavated during two separate projects. Albion Archaeology worked on one area in 2019 for Lands Improvement Holdings Ltd (LIH) and we excavated part of the site ahead of a Bellway Homes housing development in 2021. The unusual pits were discovered during both digs, and recent radiocarbon dating revealed their extraordinary age (8,500 ? 7,700 years ago). This puts them squarely in the late Mesolithic period (9,000 - 6,000 years ago).

Mysterious 8,000-year-old pits with animal bones discovered in Bedfordshire

Tech July 7, 2023 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

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