Earliest seafarers had matrilocal society in Pacific Islands
The world's earliest seafarers, who arrived in the Pacific Islands 2,500 to 3,500 years ago, lived in a matrilocal society organised through female lineages,...
Largest study of ancient wolf DNA points to dogs’ mixed origins
Dogs are descended from at least two different populations of ancient wolves, one from eastern Eurasia and the other from around the Near East,...
Anglo-Saxon takeover occurred 400 years after legions left, scientist says
Angles and Saxons came to Britain as peaceful settlers after the collapse of Roman authority caused civilisational “wipeout” but went on to subjugate the...
Spotlight on Anglo-Saxon women is start of new approach, says Michael Wood
Rewriting a classic book on Anglo-Saxon England to recover the stories of forgotten women such as a 10th-century People's Princess is the beginning of...
Veteran of elite WW2 FANY expected drudgery in ‘awful-sounding’ role
A 97-year-old veteran who contributed to daring clandestine missions during the Second World War had feared that she would spend her service "cleaning loos"....
