Archaeology : Science World Report

Sep 26, 2013 11:02 PM EDT

Computer Simulations Reveal War Drove the Rise of Civilizations

Scientists show history may be deterministic, at least to a certain extent. Their computer simulations show that warfare may have been the main driver behind the formation of empires, bureaucracies and religions.

Sep 08, 2013 09:42 PM EDT

Earliest Human Evidence in Bolivian Amazon: 8000 Years Older Than Thought

Researchers have discovered the earliest evidence yet of humans living in the Bolivian Amazon, putting the first known human habitation of the region at about 8000 years earlier than was previously thought.

Jul 11, 2013 10:47 AM EDT

Archaeologists Unearth Earliest Text Ever Found in Jerusalem

Archaeologists have made a historic find. They've unearthed the earliest alphabetical written text ever uncovered in Jerusalem.

Jul 05, 2013 02:40 PM EDT

Origins of Agriculture in Fertile Crescent Arose in Several Different Places

Agriculture caused a huge shift in the way our ancient ancestors lived. For decades, archaeologists have tried to find the origin of agriculture. Now, though, they've discovered that agriculture didn't arise in just one location; it emerged in several different places at once.

Feb 13, 2013 06:11 PM EST

Ulm's Lion Man Figurine Found to be World's Oldest With New Pieces Found

With recent new finds of the oldest human bones, and genetic analysis of early homo sapiens and neanderthal finds, it is interesting that the last months also saw the archaeological sensation of the oldest sculpture being reconstructed, with the new pieces found to be much older than originally thou...

Feb 11, 2013 11:17 PM EST

Evolution of Spoken Language Decrypted and Reconstructed by Computer Algorithm

Archaeologists will gain a powerful new tool in their quest to recover ancestral, disappeared languages: Connecting machine learning algorithms with Big Data in this field proved successful and will automate a process that until now took decades. Spoken language changes continuously, and ancient lan...