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Ancient artefacts tell of some of the most advanced civilisations in history, a touchstone for future generations to understand Sudan’s heritage.
New analyses of bones, teeth, genetics and artifacts suggest it’s time to revise a long-standing hypothesis for how humans domesticated horses.
It’s unclear why people chose to live in the caves, but DNA is shedding light on their lives.
This is the longest known journey for any stone used in a Neolithic monument.
Horses crossed the Baltic Sea in ships during the late Viking age and were sacrificed for funeral rituals according to a new study.
New research provides direct evidence that seafarers travelled along the equator to reach islands off the coast of West Papua more than 50 millennia ago.
Where do astronauts keep their toiletries? What’s with all the velcro? Here’s what we learned from doing archaeology on the International Space Station.
Did Bronze Age Europe have a market economy? New research suggests “hoard piles” could be linked to the exchange of small pieces of metal – much like money changes hands today.
New research provides the foundation for larger, regional-scale analyses of early human adaptive strategies in the Namib Sand Sea, Namibia.
Scientists analysed thousands of years of pollen data and made a surprising discovery.
The Juukan 2 rockshelter was blown up in 2020. The results of an archaeological dig carried out six years earlier are only now being published for the first time.
Archaeologists are helping us reimagine life in ancient Saudi Arabia. With ‘packable’ housing, diverse diets and evidence of trade, these communities were more complex than we once thought.
Corn has its roots in Mexico about 9,000 years ago.
A photo of Lucy’s reconstructed skeleton next to a live four-year-old girl shows how human Lucy was – and how small.
Satellite data shows the amount of food the residents of the tiny Pacific island have grown over time, pointing to a small but stable population.
The way Lucy has been depicted in newspapers, textbooks and museums shows how today’s cultural norms influence perceptions of the past.
Structures aligned with solar events served various purposes: science, farming, religion and even politics.
Archaeologists preserve records of their excavations, but many are never analyzed. Digital archaeology is making these records more accessible and analyzing the data in new ways.
Our research at the site – which was traditionally restricted to women – has also uncovered tools previously only associated with male crafters.
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Associate Professor of Archaeology, Griffith University
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor and Director, Flinders Microarchaeology Laboratory, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Archaeology and Space Studies, Flinders University
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Head, Public Engagement, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Rice University
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University
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Assistant Curator of Human Evolution., University of Alberta
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University
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Anniversary Chair in Landscape Archaeology, University of Bradford
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Mathematician and Ancient DNA Researcher, University of Adelaide
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Professor in Archaeology, University of Bristol
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Claire Smith is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
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Professor in Geochronology and Geochemistry, Southern Cross University
