This month, we’ve got nifty nits, cut kings, alternative art, surprise structures and the return of a super weird dude. And more!
Neolithic Family Tree Constructed Using DNA Data (Archaeology)
A high-resolution picture of kinship practices in an Early Neolithic tomb (Nature)
Archaeologists reveal unknown structures in the Machu Picchu National Park (Heritage Daily)
This Is the Story of the Artist Who Has Made a Career Tattooing Herself Like Europe’s Famed ‘Iceman’ Mummy (Artnet)
Five Foot Six and Circumcised: CT Scan Uncovers Mummy of Pharaoh (Ha’aretz) (cn reconstructed human remains, no mummy hog)
More Denisovan Fossils Found in Siberia (Archaeology)
Ancient DNA-based sex determination of bison hide moccasins indicates Promontory cave occupants selected female hides for footwear (Journal of Archaeological Science)
Microstratigraphic preservation of ancient faunal and hominin DNA in Pleistocene cave sediments (PNAS)
Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry (Heritage Daily) (cn human remains)
The 'Amber Elites' in Ancient Kaliningrad Went to Eternity With Their Horses (Ha’aretz)
Archaeologists Discover Oldest Domesticated Dog Remains in Americas (Smithsonian)
Synagogue Ruins Tell Secrets of Jewish Community in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains (Ha’aretz)
Archaeologists stunned by theory that Jewish slaves 'witnessed Tower of Babel creation' (The Express)