Dating of hominin discoveries at Denisova

Discoveries at Risk

Identification of a new hominin bone from Denisova Cave, Siberia using collagen fingerprinting and mitochondrial DNA analysis

DNA sequencing has revolutionised our understanding of archaic humans during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. Unfortunately, while many Palaeolithic sites contain large numbers of bones, the majority of these lack the diagnostic features necessary for traditional morphological identification. As a result the recovery of Pleistocene-age human remains is extremely rare. To circumvent this probl...

Experimental Methods of Antiquities Dating

Archaeological researches have been started as an interdisciplinary approach in the field of cultural heritage sciences (especially archaeology as an original field) for more than half a century. It has gathered together the researchers of different fields of human sciences, basic sciences, engineering and art according to their interests in archaeological findings and curiosity in solving huma...

Hominin Footprints from Early Pleistocene Deposits at Happisburgh, UK

Investigations at Happisburgh, UK, have revealed the oldest known hominin footprint surface outside Africa at between ca. 1 million and 0.78 million years ago. The site has long been recognised for the preservation of sediments containing Early Pleistocene fauna and flora, but since 2005 has also yielded humanly made flint artefacts, extending the record of human occupation of northern Europe b...

Oldowan hominin behavior and ecology at Kanjera South,Kenya.

The Early Stone Age archaeological record does not become persistent and widespread until approximately 2.0-1.7 million years ago, when Oldowan sites spread across Africa and ultimately into Eurasia. However, good records of hominin behavior from this important time interval are uncommon. Here we describe recent findings from the two million year old Oldowan site of Kanjera South, on the Homa P...