When the first Polynesian settlers arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand some 750 years ago, they found an environment very ...

Determining whether events preserved in different geological sequences formed simultaneously is a key challenge in paleoenvironmental research and the reconstruction ...

A new study refines radiocarbon dating of marine remains and significantly improves the precision with which the human past of the Magdalenian period in the Cantabrian region of Spain can be ...

In 2016, an amateur diver's underwater expedition near Manasota Key unveiled a significant prehistoric burial site. This ...

Aerial image of the excavations. New dates provide detailed insights into the timing of events in the ancient city of Gezer, according to a study published November 15, 2023 in the open-access journal ...

High-magnitude decadal to centennial-scale abrupt changes in climate had a transformative effect on many past human populations. However, our understanding of these ...

Science spotlights research showing Qhapaq Ñan sites in Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina predate the classic 1438 ...

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Radiocarbon dating, also known as carbon-14 dating, is a method to determine the age of organic materials as old as 60,000 years. First developed in the 1940s at the University of Chicago by Willard ...

Radiocarbon records are critical to understanding the history of Earth's climate, magnetic field, and the Sun's activity, say researchers. Radiocarbon records are critical to understanding the history ...

New dates provide detailed insights into the timing of events in the ancient city of Gezer, according to a new study. New dates provide detailed insights into the timing of events in the ancient city ...