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From 3 million years ago to the dawn of our era: archaeological discoveries, palaeogenetics, cave art and the great transformations of human societies.
Engineers ran a thousand numerical simulations on the walls of the Grat Be'al Gibri palace, built around 800 BCE in northern Ethiopia. The …
Read →Ancient proteomics analysis of 23 teeth from Rising Star Cave reveals no trace of amelogenin Y. Does this mean all individuals buried in th…
Read →700 km south of Egypt, the kingdom of Kerma was between 2500 and 1500 BCE the first great sub-Saharan African civilisation. Its cemeteries …
Read →Discovered in 2013 in a nearly inaccessible cave in South Africa, Homo naledi combines a primitive australopith-sized brain with almost mod…
Read →A proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 <em>Homo naledi</em> individuals detected no male markers whatsoever. All fossils from Rising…
Read →Discovered by chance in the tin mines of the Jos Plateau in Nigeria, Nok sculptures dated between the 9th century BC and the 2nd century AD…
Read →Discovered in 2012 in the Woranso-Mille area of the Afar region, the Burtele fossil foot dates to 3.4 million years ago. With its divergent…
Read →At Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa, a study published in PLoS One documents burned mammal bones dating between 1.07 and 1.79 million years …
Read →Discovered in 1936 in a First Dynasty mastaba at Saqqara, thé trilobate grey schist Sabu Disk remains one of ancient Egypt's most enigmatic…
Read →At Tell Nabasha, site of ancient Imet in thé Nile Delta, Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered thé fragments of a colossal pink granite st…
Read →At Héliopolis, thé spiritual heart of ancient Egypt now engulfed by Cairo, Egyptian archaeologists have discovered thé relief-decorated tom…
Read →In thé Nile Delta, thé Tell Kom Aziza site has yielded an exceptionally well-preserved Greco-Roman cemetery, with mummies adorned with pain…
Read →How Homo erectus's mastery of fire created sélection pressure on human skin, favoring reduced body haïr, eccrine sweat glands, and melanin …
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