Homo sapiens: freely-willed choices, or inherent immutable natural drives? “We haven’t changed, since ancient times.”  Mark ...

The Villanovan culture, the earliest phase of the Etruscan civilization, was the first Iron Age society in Italy.

Study lead author Albert Jambon, an archaeometallurgist and professor emeritus at Sorbonne University in Paris, said the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered stunning evidence that Iron Age metalworkers in Poland were forging jewelry from meteorites ...

The first time we encounter new technology in the Bible, it has a dark side.

local populations could have helped maintain overall stability of genetic structure from the Iron Age to present-day. This work highlights the utility of ancient DNA in revealing complex population ...

New evidence reveals that Tamil Nadu may have skipped the Copper Age, directly advancing to iron smelting. Archaeological findings challenge traditional history, suggesting an early Iron Age ...

Tamil Nadu may have been among the earliest sites for iron-making, according to new research. Archaeologists have uncovered iron objects at six sites in the state, dating back to 2,953–3,345 BCE, or ...

Archaeologists have discovered iron objects at six sites in Tamil Nadu, dating back to 2,953–3,345 BCE, or between 5,000 to 5 ...

In contrast, the Copper Age introduced the pyrotechnology of metallurgy as copper tools began to replace stone implements during ... There is no known evidence of meteoritic iron use in ancient south ...