A recent anthropological analysis explains how Neanderthals spread from Eastern Europe to the vast regions of Central and Eastern Eurasia between 120,000 and 60,000 years ago. The scarcity of archaeological sites linking both areas had kept the details of this migration in the dark, but now, through computer simulations, a team of researchers has reconstructed […]
Europe
Posted inBronze Age Archaeology
Around 1500 BCE, Europeans strangely abandoned fortified settlements, began building burial mounds, and started eating millet instead of meat
An international team of researchers has investigated the strange, radical transformations that took place in the diet, mobility, and social structure of Central European populations around 1500 BCE, during the Bronze Age, through an exhaustive bioarchaeological study of the Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom cemetery, located in the Carpathian Basin. The study, led by Tamás Hajdu of Eötvös Loránd […]
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Europe’s Population Was Reduced by 50 Percent by a Climatic Regression at the End of the Last Ice Age
An international team of researchers has succeeded in reconstructing one of the lesser-known episodes of European prehistory: the response of European populations to climate change during the end of the Paleolithic. In a study led by archaeologist Isabell Schmidt from the University of Cologne and involving the Prehistory Research Group GIZAPRE from the University of […]
Posted inMiddle Ages, Modern Era
An European Princely House Has Given the Same Name to All Its Males for 800 Years and Restarts the Numbering Every Century
If we say that the current head of a once-prominent European princely house bears the name Heinrich XIV, that his predecessor was Heinrich IV, and that the predecessor of the latter was called Heinrich XLV, many will think something doesn’t add up. Indeed, the numbering seems completely random. But there is an explanation. The House […]
Posted inModern Era
Maximator, the intelligence alliance formed by five European countries that ended up being spied on by their own machines
Military alliances are interstate political agreements signed to achieve common defense. They have existed since Antiquity (remember, for instance, the leagues formed by the Greek city-states), and although their most important aspect traditionally pertains to weaponry and warfare, since the 20th century they have increasingly incorporated specialties related to espionage and intelligence services. Perhaps the […]
Posted inPrehistory, Science
How European Hunter-Gatherers Survived Climate Change 12,000 Years Ago
A new archaeological investigation led by the University of Cologne has revealed how hunter-gatherer populations in Europe faced an extreme climate event over twelve millennia ago. And what scientists found could change our understanding of human adaptation in times of crisis. During the Late Paleolithic, a period that spans approximately from 14,000 to 11,600 years […]
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The Worst Floods in History: What Science Reveals and No One Had Told You
A new study led by the University of Exeter challenges the perception that recent extreme floods in various parts of the world are unprecedented events. Through the analysis of geological records of paleofloods, the researchers have identified episodes of river floods of greater magnitude than those recorded today, highlighting the need for a broader historical […]
Posted inBronze Age Archaeology, Iron Age Archaeology
Genetic Evidence Reveals the Enigma of the Origin and Expansion of Celtic Languages in Europe
A recent genetic study of ancient populations has revealed details about the origin and expansion of Celtic languages in Europe, an enigma that has intrigued historians and linguists for decades. The research, conducted by an international team of geneticists and archaeologists, challenges traditional theories and suggests that the spread of these languages was closely linked […]
Posted inStone Age Archaeology
Archaeologists Discover Why Early European Farmers Ritually Buried Their Grinding Tools
A recent study conducted by researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) has revealed the profound symbolic significance of grinding tools used by the first Neolithic societies of Europe. These tools, buried in ritual deposits, were closely linked to time and the cycles of human life, nature, and the evolution of settlements. The study, […]
Posted inAntiquity, Science
Researchers Solve the Mystery of the Origin of the Huns Who Devastated Europe Between the 4th and 6th Centuries AD
An innovative multidisciplinary and international research project has shed new light on the origin and diversity of the populations that inhabited Central Europe between the late 4th and 6th centuries AD, during and after the Hun Empire. Through cutting-edge archaeogenetic analysis combined with archaeological and historical studies, the research has established direct links between some […]
