News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Four new crew member identifications made from Arctic Franklin Expedition (details) (details)
• Maya highly valued dogs and traded them across long distances (details) (details)
• Australia presents earliest evidence of heat-treated chert for knapping (details) (details)
• Revised photography method helps uncover timber base of island in Scottish loch (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Patagonian burial site shows earlier habitation along the Atlantic coast of South America (details)
• Genetic research in Germany points to smaller-scale migrations of northerners after Roman rule. (details) (details)
• New evidence ties the origins of bread wheat to ancient Caucasus (details)
• Shamash Gate in Nineveh shows evidence of ancient and modern battles (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Papyrus fragment of the Iliad found inside Egyptian mummy (details)
• DNA study reveals population movements across Southern Cone (details) (details)
• Major settlement complex uncovered along Czech rail route (details)
• Study finds multiple factors behind Neanderthal extinction (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Ancient lakeshore charcoal remains indicate hominins used driftwood as fuel source (details) (details)
• Precolonial Bolivian mummy shows evidence of scarlet fever (details) (details)
• Ancient megastructure in Romania shows power of communal leadership (details) (details)
• Early humans deliberately made tools with geological features (details) (details)">details)">details)">details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Isotopic analysis illuminates 10,000-year European gender gap in meat consumption (details) (details)
• Ancient humans ran stone factory for 100,000 years (details) (details)
• Ancient DNA reveals population collapse in northern France near the end of the Neolithic (details) (details)
• Ancient Maya architecture reveals shift in style of governance (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• New Radiocarbon Dates Push Mohenjo-daro Back to 3300 BC- Rivaling the Earliest Cities of Egypt and Mesopotamia (details) (details)
• ative Americans were making dice, gambling, exploring probability millennia before their Old World counterparts (details) (details)
• Lost mosaic reveals first image of female beast-fighter from the Roman era (details) (details)
• Shroud of Turin may have Indian origin, DNA analysis suggests (details) (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• New dating of Monte Verde contradicts consensus on human settlement of South America (details)(details)
• Study traces roots foundations of democracy throughout the ancient world (details)(details)
• Genetic analysis reveals mixed genome of first Palau settlers (details)
• Iron Age hoards in Britain held technological and ritual significance (details)(details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Archaeologists conduct first carbon dating of Paleolithic paintings in southwestern France (details)(details)
• 43,000 written fragments chronicle centuries of everyday Egyptian life (details)
• Ancient parrot feathers point to complex pre-Inca logistical planning (details)
• Newly recovered artifact could be from Europe’s oldest known handgun (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Arabic letter from Nubian king proves he was real (details)(details)
• DNA study dispels some popular notions about interactions of farmers and hunter-gatherers in Neolithic Europe (details)(details)
• Archaeologists discover ancient settlements and rock art during northern Mexico railway project (details)
• Recent findings at Templo Mayor in Mexico City shed more light on a colossal ceremonial ritual (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Ice Age carvings show complex sign systems 40,000 years before writing (details)
• Study suggests interbreeding mostly involved Neanderthal males and human females (details)
• Chimú geoglyph and large farming complex documented in Chicama Valley (details)
• Greek inscription in Syrian mosque adds evidence to Roman sun temple debate (details)

News items read by Laura Kennedy include:

• Environmental factors shaped genetic lineages of prehistoric Japan (details) (details)
• Experimental study confirms ancient Greeks could have safely brewed a psychoactive drink (details) (details)
• Newly discovered Venezuelan petroglyph is one of the oldest in the country (details)
• Novel dating techniques show Ubeidiya site is at least 1.9 million years old (details)