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Human remains dating back more than 30,000 years were found at Paviland cave in Gower. Left: Leighton Collins/Shutterstock; right: Ethan Doyle White CC BY-SA 3.0.

January 18, 2023

Red Lady of Paviland: the story of a 33,000 year-old-skeleton – and the calls for it to return to Wales

Ffion Reynolds, Cardiff University and Jacqui Mulville, Cardiff University

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.

Thousands of years ago, people in this part of Sudan used underground tombs to bury their dead. Michele R. Buzon

April 12, 2022

Archaeological site along the Nile opens a window on the Nubian civilization that flourished in ancient Sudan

Michele R. Buzon, Purdue University

Promoting and practicing ethical research that includes the people who live in the area today is as important to the archaeological team as learning more about the lives of the ancient inhabitants.

Together with artifacts from the past, ancient DNA can fill in details about our ancient ancestors. Nina R/Wikimedia Commons

February 23, 2022

Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story

Elizabeth Sawchuk, University of Alberta; Jessica Thompson, Yale University, and Mary Prendergast, Rice University

A new study doubles the age of ancient DNA in sub-Saharan Africa, revealing how people moved, mingled and had children together over the last 50,000 years.

Today, teens are often seen as troublesome and difficult. Ancient Roman writers also described adolescence as a period of “hooliganism and debauchery.” (Shutterstock)

January 11, 2022

Bones and teeth help reveal whether teenagers have always been a source of worry for their parents

Creighton Avery, McMaster University

Teens across millennia have yearned to explore, try new things and participate in risky behaviours. The key difference, however, seems to be the experience of a rebellion or restlessness.

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