In Scotland, archaeologists have unearthed two Bronze Age collared urns at the base of a standing stone that had fallen over during the winter. “This goes some way to proving that Carlinwell Stone is a genuine prehistoric standing stone, rather than something put up later,” said John Sheriff of the Royal commission on the Ancient […]

Modern humans may have originated in southern Africa, according to a genetic study of modern hunter-gatherer groups. “Populations in southern Africa have the highest genetic diversity of any population, as far as we can tell,” said Brenna Henn of Stanford University. Diversity declines when small groups establish new populations. A new study published in the […]