Bones found in Indonesia suggest that ‘real-life hobbits’ shared Earth with modern humans

The discovery of homo floresiensis lends credence to the folklore of ‘ebu gogo’, a cannibalistic grandmother.

Paige Madison, Aeon

· Feb 05, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Tamil Nadu: Artefacts dated to 580 BCE hint at script continuity from Indus Valley Civilisation

The findings at the site in Keezhadi, near Madurai, push back the date of Tamil Brahmi script, which is the precursor to modern Tamil, by another century.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Sep 19, 2019 · 01:52 pm

Woer woer and bullroarer: The instruments used by Stone Age ancestors in Africa to produce sound

The prehistoric man used bones to create instruments that were used in rituals and to produce hallucinatory effects.

Sarah Wurz, Joshua Kumbani, Neil Rusch and Justin Bradfield, The Conversation

· Aug 12, 2019 · 11:30 pm

At 210,000 years old, broken skull from Greece cave is the oldest found outside Africa

The partial skull was found in the Apidima cave in southern Greece in 1978.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 11, 2019 · 02:36 pm

What a Neanderthal tooth discovered in Serbia tells us about the history of human migration

The finding helps to fill gaps in the human fossil record of this important geographical region.

Joshua Allan Lindal, The Conversation

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Mirjana Roksandic, The Conversation

· Apr 26, 2019 · 11:30 pm

New findings on stone tools suggest prehistoric China may have been more advanced than thought

A fresh look at museum artifacts fills in a gap in the Asian archaeological records.

Ben Marwick, The Conversation

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Bo Li, The Conversation

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Hu Yue, The Conversation

· Nov 22, 2018 · 11:30 pm

ASI finds relics of Bronze Age in Uttar Pradesh, calls it ‘path-breaking’ discovery

Among the artefacts found were remains of a chariot, four copper antenne swords, copper crowns, greyware pottery and human remains.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 06, 2018 · 10:41 am

Peru: Archaeologists find remains of 15th-century mass child sacrifice – possibly the largest ever

More than 140 children and around 200 llamas were found buried near the Pacific coast, National Geographic reported.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 27, 2018 · 06:44 pm

Researchers find a large Mayan city buried beneath the jungles of Guatemala

The landscape they found was probably home to millions of people centuries ago.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 03, 2018 · 01:26 pm

Archaeologists unearth 40-tonne capstone in Telangana, the largest ever found in South India

The discovery of the structure, which was used to cover graves, was made at a prehistoric Menhir megalith burial site in Siddipet’s Neremetta village.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 27, 2017 · 12:01 pm

Why did Tutankhamun have a dagger made from a meteorite?

Research has confirmed a knife found in the ancient Egyptian pharaoh's tomb was made with metal from the heavens.

Diane Johnson, The Conversation

· Jun 06, 2016 · 11:30 pm

Boulders in ancient Goan fort likely to have been prehistoric astronomical observatory

Sarvesh Borkar, who lives 25 km from the site, discovered the stones and made careful measurements before coming to this conclusion. He also stumbled upon several rock engravings.

The Goan

· Jul 13, 2014 · 08:25 am