Five Roman shipwrecks were discovered off the west coast of Italy, in deep water near the island of Ventotene. The ships span a period of 1,000 years, and may have sunk while heading for the island in stormy seas. After squatters were evicted from a shanty town in Lima, Peru, archaeologists moved in to excavate […]

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 […]