New Study Links Ancient Mega Settlements with Modern Human Development

New Study Links Ancient Mega Settlements with Modern Human Development

Researchers at Kiel University, through a study published in Open Archaeology, have introduced a fresh method to analyse archaeological findings. By linking ancient societal structures with modern human development metrics, they have provided a new lens to examine prehistoric mega settlements. Their approach connects archaeological categories to the United Nations…

New Child Fossil Teeth Reveal Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood

New Child Fossil Teeth Reveal Why Humans Developed an Unusually Long Childhood

A study by the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) suggests that early Homo species may have experienced extended childhoods well before significant brain enlargement, challenging longstanding evolutionary assumptions. The findings are based on the dental development of a nearly complete sub-adult Homo skull, unearthed at the Dmanisi site in Georgia…