History & Archaeology

A new Neanderthal from the Shanidar cave

Ribs and spine of the Neanderthal skeleton Shanidar Z. (Image: Graeme Barker) In the 1950s, the discovery of several Neanderthal remains in the Shanidar Cave...

How the Enlightenment shaped sign languages

Sign alphabet from 1873. (Image: traveler116 / iStock) Sign languages ​​for the deaf exist today in almost all countries and regions. Linguists have now reconstructed...

Surprising diversity among ancient Americans

One of the four skulls at the site - a flooded karst cave in Mexico. (Image: Jerónimo Avilés) America was the last continent to be...

Repopulated ghost town

The most impressive remnant of the city of Cahokia is the truncated pyramid "Monks Mound". (Image: MattGush / iStock) The mysterious North American Indian...

Africans: more Neanderthals than expected?

African-born people also carry Neanderthal DNA. (Image: ljubaphoto / istock) When our ancestors left Africa, a story of infidelities began: Genome analyzes prove that anatomically...

“Witch bottle” against evil spirits?

The "witch bottle" from Redoubt 9. (Image: Robert Hunter / WMCAR) At first glance, it's just an old glass bottle filled with dirt and rusty...

Celtic monumental region

View from the Heuneburg on the buses, the "sacred mountain of Upper Swabia". In the foreground is the reconstruction of a Celtic building. (Photo:...

Easter Island: cultural collapse only after the arrival of the Europeans?

Stone platform and moai in Ahu Nau Nau on Easter Island. (Image: Robert DiNapoli) Huge stone figures, massive ritual platforms: The culture of Rapa Nui...

Colonial German at a glance

Historical illustration of the German colonial era in Africa. (Image: Nastasic / iStock) They were in charge - but how did the German colonial masters...

Gene trace of a human puzzle species

The unknown primitive emerges like a shadow. (Image: borchee / iStock) The Neanderthals and the Denisova people "mixed in" with the Europeans and Asians. Similar...

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