Anthropology and Archaeology News

An archaeological team has discovered the oldest Roman baths in Asia Minor known to date in Sagalassos, Turkey. Sagalassos was inhabited as a city until the 7th century AD, when it was destroyed by earthquakes.

Spanish researchers found the fossil remains of fauna of glacial climate in 72 Iberian sites, mostly in the north of the peninsula

A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer

Scientists have found the earliest clear evidence of organized feasting, from a burial site dated about 12,000 years ago

By describing a new double-clawed and highly-unusual relative of Velociraptor, paleontologists have answered a long-standing question: what did the Late Cretaceous predatory dinosaurs in Europe look like?

The cave bear started to become extinct in Europe 24,000 years ago, but until now the cause was unknown

Archaeologists from the University of Bonn have found a water reservoir the size of a soccer field, whose floor is lined with ceramic shards

A new study helps to explain how ancient alligators and giant tortoises were able to thrive on Ellesmere Island well above the Arctic Circle, even as they endured six months of darkness each year

Fires and floods which raged across the Isle of Wight some 130 million years ago made the island the richest source of pick 'n' mix dinosaur remains of this age anywhere in the world

A team of scientists led by the University of Leicester has published new research on a fossilised landscape, providing insights into how an ancient environment functioned