Several studies have upended what we thought we knew about mummification using scientific dating techniques to reveal some fascinating – and surprising – insights.
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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.
A more precise timeline now shows Polynesian ancestors of Māori first settled in the North Island before expanding south and then retreating again when the climate changed.
Half a dozen times in the past 10,000 years, enigmatic ‘Miyake events’ have showered Earth with cosmic rays.
DNA dating could complement radiocarbon technology to help make archaeology more accurate.
Why did the chicken cross the globe? A new study has revealed how chickens were domesticated.
The New Mexico findings could rewrite the history of human migration to the Americas.
Determining the age of fish has been historically difficult, primarily involving lethal methods. A new DNA test solves this problem.
The mix-up might be explained by the rush to remove sacred remains to Rome some 1,700 years ago.
Did people settle these islands by traveling north from South America, or in the other direction? Reanalyzing data from artifacts discovered decades ago provides a definitive answer.
The updated methods are providing a clearer picture of how Earth and its inhabitants evolved over the past 60,000 years - and thus, providing new insight into its future.
Stone tools found in a cave in Mexico have archaeologists rewriting the human history of the Americas.
Modern dating techniques are providing new time frames for indigenous settlements in Northeast North America, free from the Eurocentric bias that previously led to incorrect assumptions.
Evidence shows Native Americans in New England lived lightly on the land for thousands of years. It wasn’t until Europeans arrived that the landscape experienced major human impacts.
New research shows that carbon dioxide in groundwater can affect the aging of volcanic eruptions. The findings could help predict future eruptions.
When did Australia’s human history begin?
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Today's episode of Essays On Air, the audio version of our Friday essay series, seeks to move beyond the view of ancient Australia as a timeless and traditional foundation story.
The world is made of tiny building blocks called ‘elements’. Scientists have worked out how fast some elements change into other elements. That gives us a very big clue about how old the Earth is.
How do scientists figure out when evolutionary events – like species splitting away from a common ancestor – happened? It turns out our DNA is a kind of molecular clock, keeping time via genetic changes.
Hotly-contested debates about the early or late canonisation of the Qur'an may be resolved by a recent discovery.
The identification of fakes and forgeries is a basic issue that has always raised controversy. This is unsurprising, of course – the enormous sums garnered by top paintings would turn to dust as soon as…
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Professor of Molecular Evolution, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney
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Research Officer, Radiocarbon Facility, Australian National University
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Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of Wollongong
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Lecturer, Deakin University
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ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Queensland
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Monash University, Director of Global Encounters Program., Monash University
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Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research at the University of Technology Sydney and Chief Investigator of ARC Centre for Excellence in Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Technology Sydney
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Researcher, Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics
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Professor of Geology, University of Adelaide
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Professor in Bioarchaeology, Head of Archaeology and Conservation, Cardiff University
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Associate Professor of Islamic History, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Population, Medical and Evolutionary Genomics, Lund University
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Honorary Fellow in Structural Geology and Tectonics, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biological Sciences, Columbia University
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University
