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Palaeopress

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

Falling Through the Cracks: Were These Rock Art Shamans Part of a Ritual?

A recent study uses Khakas ethnography to link shaman-and-crevice carvings at Oglakhty and Ilinskaia Pisanitsa to initiation rites in which…

Jun 29, 2026 · 7 min read · 382 claps paywalled #art #history #science

Falling Through the Cracks: Were These Rock Art Shamans Part of a Ritual?

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

Mummified Monkey Dressed in Rhea Feathers: New Study Analyzes the Only Subtropical Primate Mummy…

Study Provides Chronological, Genetic, and Dietary Reconstruction of a Subadult Male Alouatta caraya Mummy from Late Pre-Hispanic Argentina

May 18, 2026 · 8 min read · 351 claps paywalled #history #science #animals

Mummified Monkey Dressed in Rhea Feathers: New Study Analyzes the Only Subtropical Primate Mummy…

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MA Mattia Paparo · Palaeopress

Volcanoes as a Possible Refuge for Life During the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction

Hypotheses and models on the role of the Deccan Traps in modulating climate and potentially facilitating the survival of certain species…

Jul 01, 2026 · 5 min read · 271 claps paywalled #science #history #nature

Volcanoes as a Possible Refuge for Life During the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

The Moon God’s Shell: Study Finds a Unique Mother-of-Pearl Seal Buried in an Ancient Garbage Pit

A recent study describes the first mother-of-pearl stamp seal ever found in the southern Levant

Jun 15, 2026 · 6 min read · 247 claps paywalled #history #culture #art

The Moon God’s Shell: Study Finds a Unique Mother-of-Pearl Seal Buried in an Ancient Garbage Pit

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

Incan Chuño: 500-Year-Old Freeze-Dried Potatoes Found in Ancient Incan Site

Recent study reports the rare discovery of two 500-year-old freeze-dried potatoes at an Inka provincial center on Peru’s south coast

Jun 10, 2026 · 7 min read · 224 claps paywalled #history #food #culture

Incan Chuño: 500-Year-Old Freeze-Dried Potatoes Found in Ancient Incan Site

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

Scurvy in the Womb: Why Ancient California’s Babies Had Scurvy but Their Mothers Didn’t

A Recent Study Found Scurvy in Infants as Young as 40 Weeks in Late Holocene California

May 11, 2026 · 6 min read · 207 claps paywalled #history #science #archaeology

Scurvy in the Womb: Why Ancient California’s Babies Had Scurvy but Their Mothers Didn’t

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

Your Teeth Have ‘Tree Rings’ But Do They Survive Ancient Cremation?

A new study confirms that the cementum growth lines used in forensics survive cremation, offering precise age-at-death estimates from…

Jun 05, 2026 · 7 min read · 190 claps paywalled #history #culture #death

Your Teeth Have ‘Tree Rings’ But Do They Survive Ancient Cremation?

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

Palaeopress: A Publication for Those Who Love the Past

This is a new publication focusing on anything from the past, be it ancient civilizations, palaeoclimates, fossils, new discoveries, or old…

May 11, 2026 · 1 min read · 182 claps #history #science #writing

Palaeopress: A Publication for Those Who Love the Past

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GI Giovanna E Fregni · Palaeopress

The Day I Accidentally Discovered an Ancient Stone Circle

Things archaeologists do for fun

Jul 16, 2026 · 4 min read · 175 claps paywalled #archaeology #stone-circles #british-archaeology

The Day I Accidentally Discovered an Ancient Stone Circle

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

The Earliest Deliberately Collected Ichthyosaur Fossil Was Possibly Collected by a Roman

An ichthyosaur vertebral centrum from a second-century AD pit in Colchester represents the earliest known deliberately collected…

Jul 06, 2026 · 7 min read · 162 claps paywalled #history #animals #uk

The Earliest Deliberately Collected Ichthyosaur Fossil Was Possibly Collected by a Roman

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MA Mattia Paparo · Palaeopress

Prehistoric Children Were Not Just Spectators

Fossil footprints from Ethiopia, Argentina, England, and France suggest that children took part in hunting, gathering, and even artistic…

Jun 24, 2026 · 5 min read · 156 claps paywalled #history #science #anthropology

Prehistoric Children Were Not Just Spectators

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MA Mattia Paparo · Palaeopress

How Humans Survived the Toba Supereruption 74,000 Years Ago

Evidence from Ethiopia suggests that Middle Paleolithic hunter-gatherers adapted to drought, exploited fish-rich water pools, and may have…

Jun 16, 2026 · 4 min read · 149 claps paywalled #history #science #nature

How Humans Survived the Toba Supereruption 74,000 Years Ago

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MA Mattia Paparo · Palaeopress

Did a Global Ice Age Help Trigger the Cambrian Explosion?

Ancient water trapped inside Himalayan magnesite may reveal how Snowball Earth paved the way for rising oxygen levels and the rapid…

Jul 09, 2026 · 5 min read · 137 claps paywalled #paleontology #science #biology

Did a Global Ice Age Help Trigger the Cambrian Explosion?

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MA Mattia Paparo · Palaeopress

Could Europe Still Support the Straight-Tusked Elephant?

New research suggests that much of Europe could still provide suitable habitat for Palaeoloxodon antiquus, one of the continent’s most…

Jun 09, 2026 · 5 min read · 135 claps paywalled #history #science #nature

Could Europe Still Support the Straight-Tusked Elephant?

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

Write for Palaeopress

Comprehensive guidelines for writers wanting to publish with Palaeopress

May 11, 2026 · 2 min read · 113 claps #history #writing #science

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

The Children Who Couldn’t Breathe: Tuberculosis May Have Ravaged Children 5,000 Years Ago

A new study of Europe’s largest Copper Age burial reveals that respiratory infections left their mark on nearly every child buried there

May 25, 2026 · 6 min read · 110 claps paywalled #history #health #science

The Children Who Couldn’t Breathe: Tuberculosis May Have Ravaged Children 5,000 Years Ago

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MA Mattia Paparo · Palaeopress

Did Neanderthals Bury Their Dead? The Mystery of Shanidar Cave and the Origins of Human Symbolism

Long before Homo sapiens, Neanderthals were already caring for their dead. New evidence from Shanidar Cave reveals a complex relationship…

Jul 17, 2026 · 4 min read · 55 claps paywalled #history #paleontology #anthropology

Did Neanderthals Bury Their Dead? The Mystery of Shanidar Cave and the Origins of Human Symbolism

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AL Alan S. · Palaeopress

What Natural History Museums Teach Us About Deep Time

Do old bones, life-sized reconstructions & museum displays still matter in an age of infinite online information?

Jun 18, 2026 · 14 min read · 50 claps paywalled #natural-history #museums #paleontology

What Natural History Museums Teach Us About Deep Time

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SA Sandee Oster · Palaeopress

Massacre, Ritual, or Something Stranger? Who Were the 7,000 Year-Old Headless Skeletons of Vráble

Recent study reports at least 77 headless individuals from an enclosure ditch at the Early Neolithic site of Vráble (Slovakia)

Jun 22, 2026 · 6 min read · 50 claps paywalled #history #culture #science