News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Isotopic analysis illuminates 10,000-year European gender gap in meat consumption (<a href="https://connectsci.au/news/news-parent/9168/Study-reveals-10-000-year-gender-gap-in-meat?searchresult=1">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag033">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient humans ran stone factory for 100,000 years (<a href="https://www.sciencenewstoday.org/ancient-humans-were-running-a-massive-stone-factory-220000-years-ago">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70783-8">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient DNA reveals population collapse in northern France near the end of the Neolithic (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-dna-evidence-reveals-stone-age.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03027-z">details</a>)</li> <li>Ancient Maya architecture reveals shift in style of governance (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-04-ancient-architecture-opinion-maya-divine.html">details</a>) (<a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10329">details</a>)</li> </ul>