Scientists pinpoint when humans had babies with Neanderthals

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, according to two new studies.Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day...

NY Times: A 2,700-Year-Old Figurine Revives a Weighty Mystery

A bronze statuette recovered from a river in Germany may have been part of an early Scandinavian weight system, some archaeologists believe. Two summers ago, while snorkeling in the marshy streams of the Tollense River on Germany’s Baltic coast, a 51-year-old truck...

Mos.ru: Prehistoric cooking pot and Neolithic fish soup

Mos.ru: Prehistoric cooking pot and Neolithic fish soup Link to Article Find out more about the diet of the prehistoric people living in the Moscow region in the 4th century BC and the ways they economised on firewood plus a curious archaeological find.Today’s issue...