The people who lived in western Iran around 11,000 years ago had the same idea—but in practice it looked a little different. In our latest research, published in Communications Earth & Environment, my ...
Bakr Awa is one of the largest archaeological mounds in Iraqi Kurdistan, situated near the Iranian border. Located in the Shahrizor Plain close to the city of Halabja, its strategic position made it a ...
A team around Ron Pinhasi at the University of Vienna carried out a detailed analysis of ancient DNA of individuals from the Bronze Age Southern Levant known as 'Canaanites', to provide insights on ...
Different "Canaanite" people from the Bronze Age Southern Levant not only culturally, but also genetically resemble each other more than other populations. A team around Ron Pinhasi from the ...