Steven Churchill of Duke University thinks that signs of injury on a Neanderthal rib discovered in Iraq could have been caused by a projectile weapon-a technology developed by modern humans. “We’re not suggesting there was a blitzkrieg, with modern humans marching across the land and executing the Neandert[h]als. … We think the best explanation for […]

The heavy, scaled armor of Silla Dynasty cavalrymen has been unearthed in Korea’s historic Jjoksaem District. The armor, made for people and horses, was probably used sometime between the fourth and sixth centuries, and up until this discovery, had only been seen in tomb paintings. In Alabama, a large stone mound thought to be 1,000 […]