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“Lost” Trojan War Story Found in One of Britain’s Greatest Roman Mosaics

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An ancient historian at the University of Leicester has found that the Rutland mosaic presents a version of the Trojan War that differs from the story told in Homer’s Iliad. Researchers studying what has been hailed as one of the most important mosaic finds ever made in the UK have revealed that
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Testing the taxonomy of Dmanisi hominin fossils through dental crown area

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The Dmanisi paleoanthropological assemblage from Georgia is among the most debated collections of hominin fossils due to its early age and extreme morphological diversity relative to other Homo assemblages. This variability has been interpreted as a result of sexual dimorphism in the Homo erectus clade, in which Dmanisi hominins were traditionally classified. However, this hypothesis has been challenged by the proposal that the Dmanisi fossils represent more than one Homo species. Taxonomic assessments of the Pleistocene Georgian hominins have focused primarily on craniometric analyses, with fewer studies addressing dental morphology through metric approaches. Considering the value of dental crown area in reconstructing evolutionary relationships, a comparative sample of fossil hominins, consisting of 51 maxillary and 71 mandibular specimens (583 teeth in total), was analyzed using Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) to evaluate the diversity in the Dmanisi fossil assemblage. Morphological affinities were examined visually through the first two discriminant functions, and taxonomic relationships were tested via classification analyses based on posterior probabilities. The analyses show a strong association of the D4500-D2600 specimen with australopiths, and of the D2282-D211 and D2700-D2735 specimens with Homo species. The sexual dimorphism hypothesis was tested by comparing the ratios of mandibular postcanine dentition of Dmanisi specimens with male and female gorillas and chimpanzees, which suggests that dental crown area of the Pleistocene Georgian hominins could be the product of sexual dimorphism only if they came from species with similar levels of dimorphism than these great apes. We conclude that differences in crown dimensions support the hypothesis of two distinct taxa coexistent at the Dmanisi site, previously proposed to be Homo georgicus and Homo caucasi. This proposal has important implications for the dispersal of Homo out of Africa at the beginning of Pleistocene.
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A Major Etruscan Medical School Discovered at the Ancient Sanctuary of San Casciano dei Bagni

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The public presentation of the results of the 2025 archaeological campaign at the Sanctuary of the Bagno Grande (San Casciano dei Bagni, Siena, Italy) has revealed data that compel a complete reconfiguration of our understanding of this exceptional site. The findings, presented this Sunday to instit

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Roman copper industry and settlement uncovered in Peristerona

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Archaeologists announced on Tuesday the completion of excavations in the Peristerona River valley, uncovering new evidence of ritualistic activity and water management linked to copper production under Roman rule in Cyprus. The campaign was led by the Universities of Copenhagen and Uppsala with the approval of the antiquities department and…

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Bronzezeitliche DNA aus Kalabrien enthüllt eigenständige Bergbevölkerung

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Alte DNA aus Süditalien enthüllt Herkunft und Sozialstruktur einer Gemeinschaft der Mittelbronzezeit Ein internationales Forschungsteam unter Leitung des Max-Planck–Harvard Research Center for the Ancient Mediterranean (MHAAM) am Max-Planck Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie in Leipzig und der Universität Bologna hat erstmals das genetische und soziale Profil einer rund 3500 Jahre alten Gemeinschaft aus Nordwestkalabrien rekonstruiert. Die Studie bietet neue Einblicke in die Herkunft, Lebensweise und familiären Strukturen einer sogenannten Protoapenninischen Kultur der Mittelbronzezeit.

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100 Generationen Gleichheit | Nachricht @ Archäologie Online

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Der Übergang von der nomadischen zur sesshaften, auf Landwirtschaft beruhenden Lebensweise zu Beginn der Jungsteinzeit war einer der tiefgreifendsten Einschnitte in der Geschichte der Menschheit. Schon lange diskutiert die Wissenschaft, ob dieser Entwicklungsschritt, verbunden mit weiteren Innovationen und damit steigender Produktivität der Landwirtschaft, schnell zu sozialer Ungleichheit führte – und damit letztendlich die Keimzelle aller Wohlstandsunterschiede bis in die Gegenwart darstellt.

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Nationales Historisches Museum der Ukraine und LEIZA vertiefen Zusammenarbeit | Nachricht @ Archäologie Online

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Das Nationale Historische Museum der Ukraine (NMHU) in Kyjiw und das Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) in Mainz haben ein Memorandum unterzeichnet, das ihre wissenschaftliche Kooperation strategisch stärkt. Damit erhält die bisherige Zusammenarbeit einen Rahmen für Forschungsprojekte, fachlichen Austausch und internationale Vernetzung.
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