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Published Ritual sacrifice at Chichén Itzá
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Rising to power in the wake of the Classic Maya collapse, Chichen Itz was among the largest and most...
Published Great Scott! Stonehenge's Altar Stone origins reveal advanced ancient Britain
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New research has revealed Stonehenge's monumental six-ton Altar Stone, long believed to originate fr...
Published Among ancient Mayas, cacao was not a food exclusive to the elite - Among Ancient Mayas, Cacao Was Not a Food Exclusive to the Elite
(via sciencedaily.com) It was the money that grew on trees. Said to be a gift from the gods, cacao for the ancient Maya was ...
Published Ancient stone tools from China provide earliest evidence of rice harvesting - Ancient Stone Tools from China Provide Earliest Evidence of Rice Harvesting
(via sciencedaily.com) A new study analyzing stone tools from southern China provides the earliest evidence of rice harvest...
Published A stone age child buried with bird feathers, plant fibers and fur - A Stone Age Child Buried with Bird Feathers, Plant Fibers and Fur: Uncovering the Secrets of Ancient Burial Practices
(via sciencedaily.com) Archaeological researchers have identified human remains as a child, who may have been laid on a bed...
Published Ancient Siberian genomes reveal genetic backflow from North America across the Bering Sea - Ancient Siberian Genomes Reveal Genetic Backflow from North America Across the Bering Sea
(via sciencedaily.com) The movement of people across the Bering Sea from North Asia to North America is a well-known phenom...
Published DNA from ancient population in Southern China suggests Native Americans' East Asian roots - DNA from Ancient Population in Southern China Suggests Native Americans' East Asian Roots
(via sciencedaily.com) For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the ...
Published What ancient dung reveals about Epipaleolithic animal tending - What Ancient Dung Reveals About Epipaleolithic Animal Tending
(via sciencedaily.com) Tiny crystals in ancient animal dung serve as key evidence in a new analysis suggesting the possibil ...
Published Evidence of Ice Age human migrations from China to the Americas and Japan - Evidence of Ice Age Human Migrations from China to the Americas and Japan
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists have used mitochondrial DNA to trace a female lineage from northern coastal China to the...
Published More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source It has long been thought that meat played an important role in the diet of hunter-gatherers before t...
Published First sentence ever written in Canaanite language discovered: Plea to eradicate beard lice - First Sentence Ever Written in Canaanite Language Discovered: Plea to Eradicate Beard Lice
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers have unearthed an ivory comb from 1700 BCE inscribed with a plea to eradicate lice. The...
Published Lasers and chemistry reveal how ancient pottery was made -- and how an empire functioned - Lasers and Chemistry Reveal How Ancient Pottery Was Made -- and How an Empire Functioned
(via sciencedaily.com) Peru's first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountai...
Published DNA from preserved feces reveals ancient Japanese gut environment
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source DNA from ancient feces can offer archaeologists new clues about the life and health of Japanese peop ...
Published Prehistoric mobility among Tibetan farmers, herders shaped highland settlement patterns, cultural interaction, study finds
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Using advanced geospatial modeling to compare environmental and archaeological evidence, researchers...
Published Ancient DNA reveals the appearance of a 6th century Chinese emperor
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstruc ...
Published Ancient Maya blessed their ballcourts
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Using environmental DNA analysis, an international team of researchers identified a collection of pl...
Published Crucial shift in River Nile's evolution during ancient Egypt discovered
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have explored how the River Nile evolved over the past 11,500 years and how changes in i...
Published House call: A new study rethinks early Christian landmark
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Since its discovery by modern researchers a century ago, an ancient structure known as the 'Christia ...
Published Scientists ID burned bodies using technique used for extracting DNA from woolly mammoths, Neanderthals
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A technique originally devised to extract DNA from woolly mammoths and other ancient archaeological ...
Published Study of ancient British oral microbiomes reveals shift following Black Death
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The Second Plague Pandemic of the mid-14th century, also known as the Black Death, killed 30-60 perc...