Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

For hundreds of thousands of years, a secluded cave in Siberia was a refuge for our ancient ancestors. Carved into the foothills of the Altai Mountains, Denisova Cave holds a treasure trove of tools ...

Traces of ancient DNA contained in old bones have spilled fascinating secrets about the past. But extracting genetic material involves a certain amount of damage to the object in question, and many ...

Human teeth that were worn as pendants were unearthed from the ruins of the 9,000-year-old Turkish city Çatalhöyük. This is the first documented case of human teeth being made into jewelry in the Near ...

A new technique provides a nondestructive way to study the lives of Stone Age people When applied to other finds, the technique could help clarify whether males and females alike made and used ...

An international, interdisciplinary research team, led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has developed a novel method for DNA isolation from bones and ...

A new, nondestructive method of extracting DNA has been used for the first time to identify the owner of a Palaeolithic pendant found in a south Siberian cave. Researchers in a laboratory in Leipzig, ...

Ancient DNA has transformed archaeology: It’s now possible to determine the sex and ancestry of ancient humans by amplifying the coded genetic material that survives in their remains. Ancient DNA ...

The finding is quite a sensation, as the objects are simple pieces of bone with one or several grooves cut into them. In a previous study, the bones were classified as animal bones. The pendants made ...