Archaeology – Science News https://www.sciencenews.org INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM SINCE 1921 Tue, 05 May 2026 15:30:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/cropped-favicon.jpg?w=32 Archaeology – Science News https://www.sciencenews.org 32 32 250169482 Neandertals used rhinoceros teeth as tools https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rhino-teeth-neandertal-tool Wed, 06 May 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3170485 3170485 The oldest known dice date back about 12,000 years in North America https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-known-dice-north-america Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:01:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3168891 3168891 Early apes may not have evolved in East Africa https://www.sciencenews.org/article/early-apes-not-evolved-east-africa Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3168545 3168545 When were dogs domesticated? The oldest known dog DNA offers clues https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-dog-dna-domestication Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3168486 3168486 Neandertals made antibacterial ointment, but may not have known it https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neandertals-antibacterial-birch-tar Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3168327 3168327 A new study questions when people first reached South America https://www.sciencenews.org/article/first-people-south-america-clovis Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3168224 3168224 The ancient human ancestor ‘Little Foot’ gets a new face https://www.sciencenews.org/article/human-ancestor-little-foot-new-face Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3167389 Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own species.]]> 3167389 Iron Age mass grave may hold unusual victims: mostly women and children https://www.sciencenews.org/article/iron-age-mass-grave-women-children Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3167189 3167189 AI helps archaeologists solve a Roman gaming mystery https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ai-roman-board-game-limestone Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:01:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166795 3166795 The world’s oldest piece of clothing might be an Ice Age–era hide from Oregon https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-clothing-ice-age-era-hide-oregon Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166714 3166714 This ancient stick may be the world’s oldest handheld wooden tool https://www.sciencenews.org/article/stick-oldest-handheld-wooden-tool Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166234 3166234 This hand stencil in Indonesia is now the oldest known rock art https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hand-stencil-indonesia-oldest-rock-art Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3166112 3166112 This ancient pottery holds the earliest evidence of humans doing math https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-pottery-math-earliest-evidence Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3165608 3165608 60,000-year-old poison arrowheads show early humans’ skillful hunting https://www.sciencenews.org/article/oldest-poison-arrowhead-hunting-weapons Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3165587 3165587 Neandertals mastered fire-making tools 400,000 years ago https://www.sciencenews.org/article/neandertal-fire-making-tools-flint-iron Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3163481 3163481 A clay figurine unveils a storytelling shift from 12,000 years ago https://www.sciencenews.org/article/figurine-goose-woman-storytelling-shift Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3162477 3162477 Peru’s Serpent Mountain sheds its mysterious past https://www.sciencenews.org/article/peru-serpent-mountain-mystery-inca Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3162076 3162076 Fossil hand bones point to tool use outside the Homo lineage https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fossil-hand-bones-tool-use Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3161070 Paranthropus boisei could grasp tools around 1.5 million years ago.]]> 3161070 12,000-year-old rock art hints at the Arabian Desert’s lush past https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-rock-art-arabian-desert-wet Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3160359 3160359 Venice’s iconic winged lion statue originated in ancient China https://www.sciencenews.org/article/venice-winged-lion-statue-ancient-china Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:01:00 +0000 https://www.sciencenews.org/?p=3159211 3159211