This bone fragment is exceptional because it is the first time that the remains of a direct descendant of such a cross between two species of hominids have been discovered. This photo taken on June 14, 2015 and obtained from Oxford University/Max Planck Institute on August 22, 2018 shows a bone fr
LAnse aux Meadows, in northern Newfoundland, is the only undisputed site of an ancient European presence in America. However, its occupation by the Vikings could have been longer, according to a new study. Reconstruction of Viking dwellings at the Anse aux Meadows site in Newfoundland (Canada). L
During annual excavations at Vindolanda Roman Fort, near Hadrians Wall in Northumberland, a beautifully carved sandstone relief has been discovered depicting a nude male figure holding a spear in front of a horse/donkey. The entire stone, measuring 16 by 31.5 centimeters, would have originally bee
An extensive genetic study offers new insights into the history of migratory movements in the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years. Nomads from the steppes of Eastern Europe would have replaced a large part of the men. Skeletons from La Brana, found in northwest Spain. These two brothers wer