It’s been 200 years since the discovery of one of the oldest human burial sites in western Europe on the Gower peninsula in south Wales.
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DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
Rituals have been around for hundreds of thousands of years – but are they still useful today?
The jewellery and human remains discovered at a recent excavation in Northamptonshire shed light on the elite position of some newly-Christian women in seventh century England.
Rutland’s Roman villa caused a media storm when it was first discovered in 2020 – now researchers have returned to uncover even more surprises.
Disregarded as ‘fakes’ for decades, new analysis of coins bearing the face of a mysterious emperor is providing answers about a heady gap in Roman history.
New study shows Neanderthals and Homo sapiens had a taste for sharp and bitter food.
The new ‘docuseries’ makes grand claims about our ice age ancestors. Here’s why you should proceed with caution.
From the trinkets of the tomb to the mummy of the queen herself, the discovery of Cleopatra’s mausoleum could rewrite our understanding of the ancient world.
One project on a small island in B.C. is demonstrating how archaeology can bring communities together and serve as a basis for reconciliation.
Momentum is growing for the restitution of objects, such as the Benin Bronzes, stolen during colonialism. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Despite causing hurt and offence, the legality of removing a whale fossil from the West Coast remains unclear. So what rules and laws govern amateur fossil hunting, and should they be strengthened?
From the curse that the papers latched on to new research suggesting that Howard Carter stole objects from the tomb, Tutankhamun’s discovery continues to grab attention.
People didn’t live in insulated communities when the Roman empire fell. Villagers buried people who migrated from far away as one of their own.
The discovery of Tutankhamun’s ancient Egyptian tomb in 1922 thrilled the world. But people know more about rumours of a curse than the amazing things science revealed about the boy king.
Without intervention, the rock may have been destroyed by high tides and storm surges.
Thousands of ancient genomes have been sequenced to date. A Nobel Prize highlights tremendous opportunities for aDNA, as well as challenges related to rapid growth, equity and misinformation.
Derided as ‘toys for the rich,’ the specimens being bought and sold raise broader questions about the relationship between science and capitalism.
The Maya would have had to obtain mercury from far locations, transporting it by foot hundreds of kilometres across present-day Central America.
Norman Daly’s 1972 exhibition, ‘The Civilization of Llhuros,’ presented fiction as fact – and reminded viewers of just how easily they could be duped.
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Curator of Human Evolution., University of Alberta
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Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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Associate Professor and Director, Flinders Microarchaeology Laboratory, Flinders University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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Professor, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Claire Smith adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH)
