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News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Possible all-female prehistoric burial deep in a South African cave system ( details ) ( details ) New study shows Neanderthals were genetically diverse prior to extinction ( details ) ( details ) First identification of ancient human DNA on cave walls ( details ) ( details ) Researchers find incredible Maya city with pyramid and stelae ( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient solar monument predates Stonehenge alignment ( details ) Hunter-gatherer burials reveal earliest known plague outbreak ( details ) ( details ) Archaeologists uncover evidence of large-scale fishing in the Canary Islands ( details ) ( details ) Second Alamo cannonball sheds light on famous 1836 battle ( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Small clay figurine from Guatemala may contain the oldest written numbers in Mesoamerica ( details ) ( details ) New study argues for gradual, regionally-based development of “modern” humans ( details ) ( details ) Iron Age burial in northern Scotland reveals unusual manipulation of the dead ( details ) ( details ) 22,000-year-old jewelry from Spanish cave...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Humans helped transport Stonehenge’s massive Altar Stone hundreds of kilometers ( details ) ( details ) South Africa cave extends timeline of human fire use by hundreds of thousands of years ( details ) ( details ) Researchers find three shipwrecks in Bahamas linked to Golden Age of Piracy ( details ) Mass burial shows Copper Age children experienced high...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Forensic archaeologists seek to unmask Namibia’s colonial-led genocide ( details ) Ancient beds in South African cave show a glimpse of stone-age life ( details ) ( details ) DNA study in Peru unveils pre-Inca migration and marriage trends ( details ) ( details ) New DNA studies in Britain explore reality of historical impacts from Vikings and others ( det...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists investigate the Great Pyramid’s resilient engineering ( details ) ( details ) Prehistoric megastructure found in small Romanian settlement ( details ) Ancient Mesoamericans used ritual transformations to connect to divine beings ( details ) ( details ) Archaeologists use medical kit to identify doctor among Pompeii’s victims ( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Study argues horse domestication and riding began earlier than believed ( details ) ( details ) Neanderthal tooth shows possible dental treatment 59,000 years ago ( details ) ( details ) Researchers challenge study that questioned Monte Verde antiquity ( details ) Restoration project reveals size of Amphipolis tomb ( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Four new crew member identifications made from Arctic Franklin Expedition ( details ) ( details ) Maya highly valued dogs and traded them across long distances ( details ) ( details ) Australia presents earliest evidence of heat-treated chert for knapping ( details ) ( details ) Revised photography method helps uncover timber base of island in Scottish loc...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Patagonian burial site shows earlier habitation along the Atlantic coast of South America ( details ) Genetic research in Germany points to smaller-scale migrations of northerners after Roman rule. ( details ) ( details ) New evidence ties the origins of bread wheat to ancient Caucasus ( details ) Shamash Gate in Nineveh shows evidence of ancient and moder...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Papyrus fragment of the Iliad found inside Egyptian mummy ( details ) DNA study reveals population movements across Southern Cone ( details ) ( details ) Major settlement complex uncovered along Czech rail route ( details ) Study finds multiple factors behind Neanderthal extinction ( details ) ( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ancient lakeshore charcoal remains indicate hominins used driftwood as fuel source ( details ) ( details ) Precolonial Bolivian mummy shows evidence of scarlet fever ( details ) ( details ) Ancient megastructure in Romania shows power of communal leadership ( details ) ( details ) Early humans deliberately made tools with geological features ( details ) (...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Isotopic analysis illuminates 10,000-year European gender gap in meat consumption ( details ) ( details ) Ancient humans ran stone factory for 100,000 years ( details ) ( details ) Ancient DNA reveals population collapse in northern France near the end of the Neolithic ( details ) ( details ) Ancient Maya architecture reveals shift in style of governance (...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New Radiocarbon Dates Push Mohenjo-daro Back to 3300 BC- Rivaling the Earliest Cities of Egypt and Mesopotamia ( details ) ( details ) ative Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts ( details ) ( details ) Lost mosaic reveals first image of female beast-fighter from the Roman era ( details )...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: New dating of Monte Verde contradicts consensus on human settlement of South America ( details )( details ) Study traces roots foundations of democracy throughout the ancient world ( details )( details ) Genetic analysis reveals mixed genome of first Palau settlers ( details ) Iron Age hoards in Britain held technological and ritual significance ( details...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Archaeologists conduct first carbon dating of Paleolithic paintings in southwestern France ( details )( details ) 43,000 written fragments chronicle centuries of everyday Egyptian life ( details ) Ancient parrot feathers point to complex pre-Inca logistical planning ( details ) Newly recovered artifact could be from Europe’s oldest known handgun ( details...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Arabic letter from Nubian king proves he was real ( details )( details ) DNA study dispels some popular notions about interactions of farmers and hunter-gatherers in Neolithic Europe ( details )( details ) Archaeologists discover ancient settlements and rock art during northern Mexico railway project ( details ) Recent findings at Templo Mayor in Mexico Ci...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Ice Age carvings show complex sign systems 40,000 years before writing ( details ) Study suggests interbreeding mostly involved Neanderthal males and human females ( details ) Chimú geoglyph and large farming complex documented in Chicama Valley ( details ) Greek inscription in Syrian mosque adds evidence to Roman sun temple debate ( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Environmental factors shaped genetic lineages of prehistoric Japan ( details ) ( details ) Experimental study confirms ancient Greeks could have safely brewed a psychoactive drink ( details ) ( details ) Newly discovered Venezuelan petroglyph is one of the oldest in the country ( details ) Novel dating techniques show Ubeidiya site is at least 1.9 million...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Oregon cave artifacts point to climate adaptation strategies ( details )( details ) Earliest Egyptian bow drill identified in legacy museum collection ( details ) Archaeologists document early open ocean travel in the High Arctic ( details )( details ) Ancient plant ranges reshape understanding of early farming ( details )( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Rare elephant bone in Spain offers physical trace of Hannibals war elephants ( details ) Archaeologists uncover early mammoth ivory workshop in Alaska ( details ) Researchers link early human innovation to movement and social connection ( details ) Newly uncovered Avar cemetery offers rare view of early medieval Hungary ( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Researchers unearth oldest handheld tools made of wood ( details ) Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca features symbolic owl carving ( details ) Ancient Taş Tepeler pillars found in Adiyaman point to an expansive Neolithic culture ( details ) Advanced stone technology found in China poses new questions about early East Asians ( details )( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Indonesian island of Sulawesi holds world’s oldest cave art almost 70,000 years old ( details )( details ) Oldest elephant-bone tool in Europe shows early human technological ability ( details )( details ) Ancient remains extend timeline of bacteria related to syphilis by more than 3,000 years ( details )( details ) Ancient mass burial in Jordan shows how...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Artifacts from Phrygian tomb suggest possible link to King Midas ( details ) Medieval Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered in Suffolk, England ( details ) Medieval burials at Menga dolmen suggest symbolic significance of monument over 1000 years after construction ( details )( details ) New underwater remains add to record of El Huarco Archaeological Complex (...

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Long-hidden ancient landscape documented in Ecuadorian rainforest ( details ) Ancient poisoned arrowheads reveal complex hunting strategies in early humans ( details )( details ) Trove of ancient administrative artifacts found in Iran ( details )( details ) Rare Iron Age instrument unearthed during pre-construction excavation in England ( details )

News items read by Laura Kennedy include: Lost Spanish mission site located in southeastern Texas ( details ) Early silver penny sheds light on Scotland’s first coinage ( details ) Prehistoric hillfort shows signs of a very large settlement in eastern Ireland ( details )( details ) Ancient cremation of a woman puzzles archaeologists in Malawi ( details )( details )