In the 1920s, ancient hand axes were discovered at the Acheulean site near Fordwich in Canterbury, Kent, dating back to approximately 560,000 to 620,000 years ago. New excavations conducted in 2020 ...

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An ancient DNA (aDNA) study at the 17th-century English colony of Jamestown, Virginia, has identified two of the town's earliest settlers, and revealed an unexpected family secret. Founded in AD ...

Founded in A.D. 1607, Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It served as the capital of the Virginia Colony until the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg ...

This article is part of our Pets special section on scientists’ growing interest in our animal companions. For 30 years, archaeologists have been digging at Jamestown, the first permanent ...

The ship left Jamestown on June 17 at 8 a.m. under ... associated with the 350th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in the New World. The Susan Constant was built in Norfolk ...

The study, published in the journal American Antiquity, argues that cut marks on historic canine bones from Jamestown demonstrate that early European settlers skinned and cleaned the animals for food.

Researchers uncovered the remains of six dogs of indigenous ancestry, and found that they were eaten by the settlers of the Virginia Company in Jamestown – the first permanent English settlement ...