Ancient DNA can be preserved on materials from archaeological floor deposits such as bones, sediments and artifacts. Here, the authors investigate whether Palaeolithic wall art can preserve human DNA ...

We are organising an online workshop on Tuesday March 10th 2026 on Maximising data from Palaeolithic bone: methods, integration and application. Bone from Palaeolithic excavations is often very fragme...

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Arnold et al. present evidence that Late Pleistocene hippos from the Upper Rhine Graben show close genetic ties to modern African hippos. Although hippos have been thought to have gone extinct around ...

Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

New research reveals the extraordinary lengths Stone Age humans went to in order to get fat on the menu.

Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans.

Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

Here the authors apply ZooMS, radiocarbon, and stable isotope analyses to whale bones from the Bay of Biscay. They find that humans were utilizing the remains of at least five species of whales from 2...

Here, the authors present mtDNA and chronological data for sediments from excavations in the South Chamber of Denisova Cave, from which they construct a timeline of hominin and faunal occupation that ...

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Editorial - Volume 99 Issue 404

Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...

Denisovans are an extinct hominin group defined by ancient genomes of Middle to Late Pleistocene fossils from southern Siberia. Although genomic evidence suggests their widespread distribution through...

Evidence reveals that people reached Malta 8,500 years ago. Hunter-gatherers made the long trip there 1,000 years before agricultural societies arrived.

Exploring the Past, Informing the Future: Two Decades of Interdisciplinary Approaches in Archaeozoology