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- 13 minutes 12 secondsAudio News for February 22nd through the 28th, 2026News 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)
2 March 2026, 9:54 am - 14 minutes 12 secondsAudio News for February 15th through the 21st, 2026News 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)
23 February 2026, 10:49 am - 11 minutes 30 secondsAudio News for February 8th through the 14th, 2026News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- Oregon cave artifacts point to climate adaptation strategies (details)(details)
- Earliest Egyptian bow drill identified in legacy museum collection (details)
- Archaeologists document early open ocean travel in the High Arctic (details)(details)
- Ancient plant ranges reshape understanding of early farming (details)(details)
16 February 2026, 10:10 am - 11 minutes 5 secondsAudio News February 1st through the 7th, 2026News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- Rare elephant bone in Spain offers physical trace of Hannibals war elephants (details)
- Archaeologists uncover early mammoth ivory workshop in Alaska (details)
- Researchers link early human innovation to movement and social connection (details)
- Newly uncovered Avar cemetery offers rare view of early medieval Hungary (details)
9 February 2026, 7:08 am - 11 minutesAudio News January 25th through the 31st, 2026News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- Researchers unearth oldest handheld tools made of wood (details)
- Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca features symbolic owl carving (details)
- Ancient Taş Tepeler pillars found in Adiyaman point to an expansive Neolithic culture (details)
- Advanced stone technology found in China poses new questions about early East Asians (details)(details)
2 February 2026, 8:34 am - 13 minutes 50 secondsAudio News for January 18th through the 24th, 2026News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- Indonesian island of Sulawesi holds world’s oldest cave art almost 70,000 years old (details)(details)
- Oldest elephant-bone tool in Europe shows early human technological ability (details)(details)
- Ancient remains extend timeline of bacteria related to syphilis by more than 3,000 years (details)(details)
- Ancient mass burial in Jordan shows how massive plague reveals migration patterns (details)
26 January 2026, 7:07 am - 12 minutes 28 secondsAudio News for January 11th through the 17th, 2026News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- Artifacts from Phrygian tomb suggest possible link to King Midas (details)
- Medieval Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered in Suffolk, England (details)
- Medieval burials at Menga dolmen suggest symbolic significance of monument over 1000 years after construction (details)(details)
- New underwater remains add to record of El Huarco Archaeological Complex (details)
19 January 2026, 2:56 pm - 11 minutes 56 secondsAudio News for January 4th, 2025, through the 10th, 2026News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- Long-hidden ancient landscape documented in Ecuadorian rainforest (details)
- Ancient poisoned arrowheads reveal complex hunting strategies in early humans (details)(details)
- Trove of ancient administrative artifacts found in Iran (details)(details)
- Rare Iron Age instrument unearthed during pre-construction excavation in England (details)
12 January 2026, 7:42 am - 12 minutes 21 secondsAudio News for December 28th, 2025, through January 3rd, 2026News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- Lost Spanish mission site located in southeastern Texas (details)
- Early silver penny sheds light on Scotland’s first coinage (details)
- Prehistoric hillfort shows signs of a very large settlement in eastern Ireland (details)(details)
- Ancient cremation of a woman puzzles archaeologists in Malawi (details)(details)
5 January 2026, 5:04 am - 12 minutes 12 secondsAudio News for December 21st through the 27th, 2025News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- Researchers discover 5,000-year-old textile fragments in Magura Cave in Bulgaria (details)
- First Maya patolli board found with mosaic design (details)(details)
- Indian stone labyrinth may indicate relationship with Roman traders (details)
- Ancient Hittite cuneiform fragment in the Czech Republic may be hoax (details)
29 December 2025, 7:12 pm - 12 minutes 57 secondsAudio News for December 14th through the 20th, 2025News items read by Laura Kennedy include:
- New analysis documents technological developments in toolmaking at Terra Amata (details)(details)
- Ancient Chinese account of comet may substantiate biblical Star of Bethlehem (details)(details)
- Resilience theory helps tell story of ancient Chinese community’s climate survival (details)(details)
- Bayeux Tapestry may have originally hung in monastic dining hall (details)(details)
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