News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Ancient lakeshore charcoal remains indicate hominins used driftwood as fuel source (<a href="https://www.sci.news/archaeology/pleistocene-gesher-benot-yaaqov-charcoal-14701.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2026.109973">details</a>)</li> <li>Precolonial Bolivian mummy shows evidence of scarlet fever (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-bolivian-mummy-rewrites-scarlet-fever.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71603-9">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient megastructure in Romania shows power of communal leadership (<a href="https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/archaeologists-uncovered-a-massive-6000-year-old-">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343603">details</a>)</li> <li>Early humans deliberately made tools with geological features (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/homo-erectus-tools-include-stunning-geodes-and-fossils-possibly-as-a-way-to-connect-with-the-cosmos-study-finds">details</a>) (<a href="(<a href="(<a href="(<a href="">details</a>)">details</a>)">details</a>)">details</a>)</li> </ul>