GAINESVILLE, Mo., May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the point of open access, some archaeologists and independent scholars--including private collectors of ancient coins through the

According to a new paper published in the latest edition of the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers from Germany and the UK claim that they have identified the oldest known musical instruments on Earth.

GAINESVILLE, Mo., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the point of open access, collectors and some archaeologists do find common ground.

The popular perception of archaeology is a team of dusty individuals in wide-brimmed hats unearthing treasures from a pharaoh’s tomb or an ancient collection of Native American artifacts.

Humans that populated the banks of the river Manzanares (Madrid, Spain) during the Middle Palaeolithic (between 127,000 and 40,000 years ago) fed themselves on pachyderm meat and bone marrow.