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Prehistory & Human Origins
Hominins, migration, tools, and the rise of complex societies.
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Early Medieval Village and 122 Graves Studied in Switzerland
1+ day, 8+ min ago (340+ words) Archaeologists have completed a major study of an early medieval village and 122 burials discovered near Bern, Switzerland. Dating from the sixth to ninth centuries, the site offers rare evidence of how people lived, worked and buried their dead during the…...
A Circular Monument Built 1,000 Years Before Stonehenge Just Emerged From the Czech Soil, With Human Bones Beside It
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (361+ words) A monumental circle rose from the earth near a small Czech village nearly 6,500 years ago, built by hands that somehow understood the sky better than we'd ever expect. A circular monument built 6,500 years ago near the present-day municipality of Chleby,…...
In 1915, Stonehenge came up as Lot 15 at an auction in Salisbury, and a local barrister bought it for £6,600 along with about 30 acres of downland. He handed it to the nation three years later, with a deed saying public admission should cost no more than a shilling per visit.
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (129+ words) Why would anyone buy a stone circle at a country auction? Not the farmland around it, not a grand house, but the ruin itself, listed as a numbered lot on a...
Only known woolly dog pelt returns to B.C. after being in U.S. museum for 160 years
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (217+ words) The only known woolly dog pelt is back where it originated on Coast Salish territory, after being in a U.S. museum for 160 years. Before the animals became extinct, woolly dogs were bred by local First Nations for their soft, long hair…...
Stone Tool-Making Demonstration
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (139+ words) By Door County Pulse, September 10th, 2026 Master flintknapper and artist David Slamka will demonstrate how stone points and other tools were made hundreds of years ago during a hands-on demonstration this Saturday. The flintknapping demo, Chipping into the Past, will be…...
Ice Age rhino remains unearthed in N Kazakhstan
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (159+ words) On 8 September, workers excavating a sand quarry near the village of Beskol in Kyzylzhar district of North Kazakhstan unearthed bones of two humans and an Ice Age rhinoceros, Qazinform News Agency reports. The regional police department confirmed that no signs…...
Researchers Have a Theory About Why This 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Rock Art Is Still So Red
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (242+ words) Few things survive the test of time, especially for nearly 2,000 years. But despite enduring rain, heat, wind, and humidity, this vibrant red rock art painted across the limestone cliffs of southern China has remained remarkably intact. Published in the September…...
Fossils Galore team discovers 150,000-year-old bison skull near Peterborough
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Woolly dog pelt on loan to B.C. museum from the Smithsonian
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (550+ words) Published 4:07 pm Tuesday, September 8, 2026 The only known surviving pelt of the woolly dog is returning to B.C. for a period. The University of BC says the pelt, which has spent more than a century in storage, is coming the closest it…...
Rare Woolly Dog pelt returned to BC
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (59+ words) Yahoo News Canada A new exhibit at the UBC Museum of Anthropology has returned a rare indigenous artifact to B.C. for the first time in more than 150 years. As Kylie Stanton reports, it's the only known pelt from a now-extinct animal…...