By observing the night sky, medieval monks unwittingly contributed to volcanology, by recording some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions
Oregon State archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas at the Cooper’s Ferry site along the Salmon River, Idaho
Astronomers confirm past solar eclipses in northern Japan first mentioned in indigenous folklore and historical documents
Byzantine Solar Eclipse records illuminate obscure History of Earth’s rotation; a new study has been published on the subject in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
DNA from ancient population in Southern China (Maludong or Red Deer Cave in the Yunnan province) suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots
Tracing the effects of Climate Change on Historic Cultures in Hokkaido Scientists from Hokkaido University have reconstructed the climate of Hokkaido over the…
Defining the Anthropocene – Radioactive traces in ocean materials mark the start of the modern age; a new study has been published on Scientific Reports
Excavations in Oman bring new understanding to mobile life during the Wādī Sūq period: a large aridification event made life difficult
Research reveals human-driven changes to distinctive foraging patterns in North Pacific Ocean. The first large-scale study for this subject
A widely accepted theory of Native American origins coming from Japan has been attacked in a new scientific study, which shows that the genetics and skeletal biology “simply does not match-up”.