Neanderthals glued their tools together
Enlarge / Neanderthals lived in Grotta di Sant’Agostino between 55,000 and 40,000 years ago. (credit: Degano et al. 2019) Neanderthals glued their stone tools into place on wooden handles, a…
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Ancient Peruvian engineering could help solve modern water shortages
Enlarge / Diversion canals channel water into earth-bottomed infiltration canals like this one, where water can begin to soak into the ground on its way to a pond or basin.…
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This 2,400-year-old bark shield took a beating in an Iron Age fight
Enlarge / This is what the shield looked like after being excavated and conserved. (credit: Michael Bamforth) When they found the shield, University of York archaeologists Michael Bamforth and his…
14,000-year-old footprints record an underground Stone Age family outing
Enlarge / The clay-rich mud of Basura Cave preserved these footprints for 14,000 years. (credit: Emily Packer (Marcomms)) There was a lot more to Paleolithic life than hunting, gathering, and…
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Archaeologists find DNA in a 10,000-year-old piece of chewing gum
Enlarge (credit: Kashuba et al. 2019) The people who lived at Huseby-Kiev in western Sweden 10,000 years ago made their living by hunting and fishing. That doesn’t sound surprising until…