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Oldest mule in western Europe found in an Iron Age Iberian burial site, revealing equid hybridization

What is now considered the earliest mule known from the western Mediterranean and continental Europe was identified by researchers at the Iron Age site of Hort d’en Grimau in the Penedès region of northeastern Iberia...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/old…

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Viking figurines were more than amulets: new analysis reveals their real roles

A new study published in the journal Antiquity provides new insight into how anthropomorphic figurines from the Viking Age were produced, used, and eventually deposited...

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Genetic study shows dogs traveled with humans across Eurasia for 11,000 years

For tens of thousands of years, dogs have been in symbiosis with people across the vast range of Eurasia, but new genetic findings indicate that their history was tied to human migrations more closely than previously known...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/11/dog…

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1,500-year-old reindeer hunting system emerges from melting ice in Norway

A team of archaeologists working high on the Aurlandsfjellet mountain plateau in Vestland County, Norway, has made a fantastic discovery: a remarkably well-preserved 1,500-year-old reindeer trapping system revealed by retreating ice...

More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/11/150…

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