Although the ways in which children help their peers show subtle local nuances, the foundations of this behaviour are shared across cultures. Credit: © Henriette Zeidler. A new study by an international research team provides the first systematic, cross-cultural...
Mt Vesuvius towering above the ruins of Pompeii. The volcano's eruption in 79 C.E. inundated the town. Historical accounts of the disaster have now allowed scientists to recalibrate one of the most versatile dating methods, argon-argon dating. Credit: Qfl247....
Pages 8-9 of The Keep fragment of Nicholas Love’s early 15th-century Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ, from Chapter 34, on the Raising of Lazarus. Image shows the manuscript's thread binding. Credit: Courtesy of The Trustees of the Firle Estate Settlement...
Burial mound ‘Kurgan Shilikty 16’ in Kazakhstan before the excavation works took place. Credit: © Rinat Zhumatayev. A new genomic study has uncovered family ties that link Scythian elite burials across the Eurasian steppe. Ancient DNA reveals how political power and...
Entrance to the Goyet Caves in Belgium. Credit: © Mateja Hajdinjak A new genetic study has revealed the regional diversity that existed in northwestern Europe shortly before Neanderthals disappeared. A new genetic study provides the most detailed picture to date...
Blue Lake, Warwar, Mount Gambier (Berrin). Credit: Heather Handley. A study has found that Indigenous stories of ancient volcanic eruptions can often provide new information for volcanologists. The study found that Indigenous oral traditions, some thousands of years...
More than 70% of Americans want the right to interact with a human rather than an AI in medical, legal, educational and government settings. This proposed regulation and others were endorsed across party lines and by both regular users of AI and novices. Credit: Johns...
Stonehenge. Image by Steve Feeney from Pixabay. New research highlights the epic journey one of Stonehenge’s most famous stones is likely to have taken across ancient Britain. The research by Curtin University has revealed how the centrally placed Altar...
Ethnic groups of the Upper Xingu gather annually at the Quarup. The origin of Indigenous peoples is more complex than previously known. Credit: Mário Vilella/ FUNAI. CC0. South American Indigenous peoples are diverse and descend from a third wave of migration,...
The Maryland Dove docked at Historic St Mary’s City, Maryland. This ship is a reconstruction of the Dove, a 17th-century trading vessel that, alongside the passenger ship the Ark, carried colonists to found Maryland in 1634. Credit: Jenn Dorsey, Historic St Mary's...
