40,000 year old bone from Tianyuan Man

 By sequencing the genomes of people who lived many millennia ago, scientists are starting to fill in the picture of how Asia was populated.

The oldest Neanderthal DNA of Central-Eastern Europe

 80,000 year old Neanderthal molar from Stajnia Cave in Poland contains DNA. 

Ancient Native American canal discovered in Gulf Shores, Alabama

Ancient Native American canal discovered in Gulf Shores. Not for irrigation. It's likely a highway for ferrying goods, but what the hell do I know? 

 The canal, dug in 600 A.D., once ran south from Oyster Bay to the northern shore of Little Lagoon in Gulf Shores. It would have served as a sort of prehistoric super highway, facilitating travel by dugout canoe from Mobile Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.