For the first time, researchers have been able to directly estimate the Anglo-Saxon ancestry of the British population, using ancient skeletons. Human remains excavated from burial sites near ...

After 1,400 years lying undisturbed beneath British farmland, an ancient Anglo-Saxon warrior had a rude awakening in 2018 when a group of amateur metal detectorists stumbled across his burial site and ...

Analysis of sediments from a British bog suggest that methane emissions increased due to intense global warming around 55 million years ago. Scientists show that carbon isotope values of hopanoids -- ...

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Civilisations, Vol. 49, No. 1/2, PAIN, FOURS ET FOYERS des temps passés / BREAD, OVENS AND HEARTHS of the past (2002), pp. 169-182 (14 pages) This paper discusses some of the problems encountered when ...

IN the icy and swampy pasts of the ancient British Isles, colossal creatures were free to roam. Much has changed in the millenniums since – with the largest wild mammal in the UK today being the 4ft ...

Mysterious messages that are only visible at night have been found at an ancient British religious site. The incredible find suggests our Stone Age ancestors left behind hidden carvings designed to be ...

Some of these creatures would have lived alongside early humans IN the icy and swampy pasts of the ancient British Isles, colossal creatures were free to roam. Much has changed in the millenniums ...