In 2007, a gilded bronze helmet estimated to be 2,600 years old was dredged up from the waters of Haifa Bay in Israel. The helmet may have been worn by a Greek mercenary serving an Egyptian pharaoh.  “We are planning to go back to the same site to try to locate other (archaeological) material there,” said […]

A mitochondrial DNA study of 13 individuals from Europe and Asia suggests that Neanderthals were already on the verge of extinction in Europe when modern humans arrived. “This indicates that Neanderthals may have been more sensitive to the dramatic climate changes that took place in the last Ice Age than was previously thought,” said Love […]