Humans got to America 7,000 years earlier than thought, new research confirms

The early settlement of the Americas is hugely contested area of archaeology.

Sally Christine Reynolds, Associate Professor in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University • conversation
Oct. 5, 2023 • ~7 min

Five discoveries that changed our understanding of how the ancient Egyptians created mummies

Several studies have upended what we thought we knew about mummification using scientific dating techniques to reveal some fascinating – and surprising – insights.

Jenefer Metcalfe, Lecturer in Biomedical Egyptology, University of Manchester • conversation
March 2, 2023 • ~7 min

Radiocarbon dating only works half the time – we may have found the solution

DNA dating could complement radiocarbon technology to help make archaeology more accurate.

Eran Elhaik, Senior Lecturer in Population, Medical and Evolutionary Genomics, Lund University • conversation
Sept. 7, 2022 • ~8 min

Before chickens became food for people, they were regarded as special exotica

Why did the chicken cross the globe? A new study has revealed how chickens were domesticated.

Ophélie Lebrasseur, MSCA Research Fellow, Université de Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier • conversation
June 22, 2022 • ~8 min

23,000-year-old human footprints are oldest in the Americas

The footprints offer hints of people's real lives 23,000 years ago. "What we see here is also activity of play, and of different ages coming together."

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
Sept. 30, 2021 • ~7 min

Fossil footprints prove humans populated the Americas thousands of years earlier than we thought

The New Mexico findings could rewrite the history of human migration to the Americas.

Sally Christine Reynolds, Principal Academic in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University • conversation
Sept. 23, 2021 • ~7 min

Human remains reveal how old Machu Picchu really is

A new study using accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) to date human remains shows Machu Picchu is up to several decades older than previously thought.

Mike Cummings-Yale • futurity
Aug. 11, 2021 • ~6 min

Humans may have set foot in North America way earlier than thought

Radiocarbon dating of rabbit and deer bones found in a Mexican cave in the 1960s suggest the first humans arrived in North America about 30,000 years ago.

Angie Hunt-Iowa State • futurity
June 2, 2021 • ~7 min

St James, 'brother' of Jesus: it turns out his ancient remains belong to someone else

The mix-up might be explained by the rush to remove sacred remains to Rome some 1,700 years ago.

Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies, University of Groningen • conversation
March 5, 2021 • ~7 min

Saint James, 'brother' of Jesus: it turns out his ancient remains belong to someone else

The mix-up might be explained by the rush to remove sacred remains to Rome some 1,700 years ago.

Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta, Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Studies, University of Groningen • conversation
March 5, 2021 • ~7 min

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