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An ivory Viking ‘king’ figurine unveiled in Denmark upends the barbarian stereotype
"I felt like a Viking was watching me," said the curator after rediscovering a 3‑cm game piece from 1796 in an Oslofjord burial, unstudied in the museum for over 200 years.
Peru’s Ministry of Culture reveals warrior-themed ritual vessel at Chankillo UNESCO site
DNA confirms Yersinia pestis as cause of the first recorded pandemic 1,500 years ago
3,000-year-old axe discovered in Indonesia might have come from Outer Space
4,000 years of partnership: the biological shift that turned wild horses into riding companions
DNA of ancient horses reveals 3 genetic variants boosting size from 2,700 years ago, enabling heavier loads and riders as they spread from Russian river basins.
9,750-year-old ‘street’ found in Central Anatolia’s Canhasan 3 mound
Turkish excavations reveal 8-meter-long street structure and systematic passages providing settlement access, showing sophisticated urban planning in pre-pottery Neolithic period.
Harvard scientists pinpoint two pelvic breakthroughs that put humanity on its feet
Study reveals how growth plate reorientation transformed the human ilium from tall and narrow to short, wide, and curved, creating the bowl-shaped pelvis essential for upright walking.
Gold rush in Korea’s graves: Eunsun-ri & Dogye-ri tombs yield ornaments and pottery
The tomb groups span about 2 square kilometers in Yeongwon-myeon and include more than 270 tombs.
A 12,000-year-old cold case: is this earliest murder recorded in Southeast Asia?
"TBH1 lived for several months after the injury occurred," the researchers wrote, adding that without effective treatment the fracture likely led to infection and death within weeks or months.
Unearthed in Morocco's Atlas Mountains: a 165-million-year-old 'porcupine' dinosaur
The unique and striking neck armor of Spicomellus Afer must have been energetically expensive to form and carry, suggesting it served a display function rather than practical use.
Meet Kostensuchus Atrox, a land-stalking crocodile cousin from late Cretaceous Argentina
A 70-million-year-old apex predator fossil with a well-preserved skull and skeleton marks the first nearly complete specimen of its kind ever described in the region.
Checua mystery: 6,000-year-old genomes of extinct humans upend the peopling of South America
A previously unknown genetic group at preceramic Checua shows no ties to other prehistoric communities, suggesting isolated hunter-gatherers diverging from early South American settlers.
Neanderthal diversity: Iberian Neanderthals handled the dead with cave deposits, not graves
Archaeological study reveals systematic accumulations of Neanderthal remains in Iberian caves, indicating intentional mortuary practices distinct from burial traditions documented in other regions.
1.8 million-year-old human jawbone discovered in Georgia; a key ‘to Eurasia's first colonies’
The Orozmani site, 100 kilometers from Tbilisi, contains layers dated 1.77-1.84 million years old and could reveal the lifestyle of Eurasia's first human colonies outside Africa.
8,500-year-old village frozen in time: rising seas reveal a rare archaeological site in Denmark
€13.2 million EU-funded project recovers artifacts from submerged Mesolithic settlement, preserved in oxygen-free sediments after rapid sea level rise forced ancient communities inland.
