In northern Spain, archaeologists discovered 25,000-year-old cave paintings while looking for ancient settlements. The images depict horses and human hands.  Homo heidelbergensis may have been the last common ancestor of modern humans and Neanderthals, according to a new study conducted by a team made up of Silvana Condemi, Aurelien Mounier, and Giorgio Manzi of the […]

The trial of five men charged with plundering more than 1,000 silver Viking coins and other artifacts is underway in Sweden. “We have seen many investigations over the past few years that have had to be dropped due to lack of evidence,” said police officer Mikael Aslund.  Two Viking-era houses have been unearthed in Dublin’s […]