Archive for year: 2015

Press Release: Ancient Synagogue Mosaic Floor Showing Menorah Found in Galilee, Israel

25/07/2015

Excavations in the ancient synagogue at Horvat Kur (Israel) dating…

Kinneret Regional Project Moved News Section to Facebook

09/01/2015

In view of the development of social media, Kinneret Regional…

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Ancient genomes reveal an Iron Age society centred on women 15/01/2025
A groundbreaking study finds evidence that land was inherited through the female line in Iron Age Britain, with husbands moving to live with their wife's community. This is believed to be the first time such a system has been documented in European prehistory.
World's oldest 3D map discovered 14/01/2025
Researchers have discovered what may be the world's oldest three-dimensional map, located within a quartzitic sandstone megaclast in the Paris Basin.
Cleopatra's sister remains missing 10/01/2025
anthropologists have analyzed a skull that was found in the ruins of Ephesos (Turkey) in 1929. It was long speculated that it could be the remains of Arsino IV, the sister of the famous Cleopatra. However, the latest anthropological analyses show that the remains are those of a boy between the ages of 11 and […]
DNA adds new chapter to Indonesia's layered human history 08/01/2025
A new study has outlined the first genomic evidence of early migration from New Guinea into the Wallacea, an archipelago containing Timor-Leste and hundreds of inhabited eastern Indonesian islands.
Lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines in ancient Rome, new study finds 07/01/2025
Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution records preserved in Arctic ice cores to identify periods of lead pollution throughout the Roman Empire, and now new research expands on this finding to identify how […]
Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD 01/01/2025
Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research led by the Francis Crick Institute.
Butchered bones suggest violent 'othering' of enemies in Bronze Age Britain 16/12/2024
Analysis of the remains of at least 37 individuals from Early Bronze Age England finds they were killed, butchered, and probably consumed before being thrown down a 15m-deep shaft. It is the largest-scale example of interpersonal violence from British prehistory. The treatment of the remains was likely a means to dehumanize or 'other' the victims. […]
A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans 12/12/2024
Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans and determined that the introgressed genes result from interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals about 47,000 years ago, over a single, extended period of about 7,000 years. […]
Unique insights into lives of people who lived over 5,600 years ago near Kosenivka, Ukraine 11/12/2024
A new study sheds light on the lives of people who lived over 5,600 years ago near Kosenivka, Ukraine. Researchers present the first detailed bioarchaeological analyses of human diets from this area and provide estimations on the causes of death of the individuals found at this site.
Earliest deep-cave ritual compound in Southwest Asia discovered 09/12/2024
A cave in Galilee, Israel, has yielded evidence for ritualistic gathering 35,000 years ago, the earliest on the Asian continent.

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