Bonanza of new dates rewrites the history of the Inca(science.org)

24 points by pseudolus 7 days ago | 5 comments

Science news feature by Lizzie Wade on how new radiocarbon dates show the Inca Empire lasted longer than thought and faced more resistance.

We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s, only nobody knew(arstechnica.com)

87 points by Bluestein 1 year ago | 26 comments

The Decipherment of the Dhofari Script(science.org)

55 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 16 comments

Engineered waterways helped Ancient Amazonians became master maize farmers(sciencenews.org)

42 points by andsoitis 1 year ago | 4 comments

JAXA is about to perform a Phobos sample return mission(science.org)

97 points by Muhammad523 8 days ago | 19 comments

Science news feature on Japan's MMX mission, which aims to return samples from Mars's moon Phobos to learn how it formed and possibly retrieve pieces of Mars.

Puzzling prehistoric artifacts served a practical purpose: ropemaking(science.org)

36 points by diodorus 2 years ago | 13 comments