Rectangular coffins carved from limestone outcrops have been unearthed at a 1,000-year-old village in the Philippines. The village is located on Mount Kamhantik, on the island of Luzon, in the northernmost region of the archipelago. Coffins found in this region are usually carved from wood. Pottery jars, metal artifacts, and bone fragments from humans, monkeys, wild […]

Neanderthals, like modern humans, used feathers as personal ornaments, according to a new analysis of data on bird remains from archaeological sites across Eurasia. Cut marks on the wing bones, which do not carry any meat, suggest that the long wing feathers were desired. Dark plumage was probably preferred, since the bones of ravens, crows, […]