Pottery fragments found from the sites in Kundla village are nearly 2,000 years old.

A two-feet-long idol made of granite stone of Lord Buddha sitting in a Bhumispasha posture was unearthed in Kuarada
village under Korei block of Jajpur district on Friday. The idol was found after some workers stumbled on the image while digging a pond. Later, the villagers stopped the digging work.
The stone image is a rare discovery in the state as Lord Buddha sits in a Bhumisparsha posture, said Buddhist researcher Dr Harish Chandra Prusty. Later, the villagers installed the image in the middle of the village and started worshipping it. Kuarada …

Ancestors of a hobbit-like species of humans may have colonized the Indonesian island of Flores as far back as a million years ago, much earlier than thought, according to a new study published Thursday.

These early ancestors, or hominins, were previously thought to have arrived on the island about 800,000 years ago but artifacts found in a new archaeological site suggest they might have been around even earlier.
In a paper published in Nature, researchers said their findings suggest these hominins may have evolved into tiny hobbit-like humans, or “Flores man,” who …

Newly discovered archaeological sites in southern and northern India have revealed how people lived before and after the colossal Toba volcanic eruption 74,000 years ago, according to Press Trust of India (PTI) on Tuesday.
The international and multidisciplinary research team, led by Oxford University in collaboration with Indian institutions, has uncovered what it calls ‘Pompeii-like excavations’ beneath the Toba ash.
The seven-year project examines the environment that humans lived in, their stone tools, as well as the plants and animal bones of the time.
“This suggests that human populations were present in India …

The remains of a 2,000-year-old skeleton found in eastern Mongolia reveal a man of multi-ethnic heritage.

Chinese scholars reported Wednesday that a large ancient tomb they unearthed earlier in Northwest Shaanxi Province belongs to a high-ranking general that was guarded by hundreds of nude pottery figurines.
The large tomb, located in Chang’an district of Xi’an, the capital city of ancient Western Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), belongs to Zhang Anshi.
Zhang was credited with preserving stability along the western border in the Xinjiang region, China Business View reported Thursday, saying the discovery might help provide clues about the military during that time period.
It is the first tomb complex of a noble …