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Prehistoric baby bottles found in Bronze and Iron Age sites in Germany

Prehistoric baby bottles found in Bronze and Iron Age sites in Germany

25 September 2019

Archaeologists have found traces of animal and human milk in 2500 to 3200-year-old spouted pottery drinking vessels, suggesting they were used to feed babies
The story of how humans got to the Americas isn’t a simple one

The story of how humans got to the Americas isn’t a simple one

25 September 2019

The New World wasn’t conquered by a single group of people - different populations migrated and interbred in a tangled web. This is the new normal for human evolution

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