New study challenges the story of humanity’s shift from prehistoric hunting to farming
A new investigation at the University of Bath suggests interactions between hunter-gathers and early farmers drove farming adoption rather than environmental factors.
Cook like a Neanderthal: Scientists learn how they ate birds
Scientists from the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES) in Spain investigated Neanderthal cooking techniques by butchering and roasting birds to understand their dietary habits.
Discovered in the Upper Amazon: 2500-year-old landscape providing evidence for early urbanism in the region
From American Association for the Advancement of Science/AAAS 12/01/24 A dense system of pre-Hispanic urban centers, characterized by constructed platforms and plazas and connected by large, straight roads, has been discovered in the upper Amazon, according to a new study. The research, based on more than 20 years of interdisciplinary research, suggests that this original […]