News items read by Laura Kennedy include: <ul> <li>Ice Age carvings show complex sign systems 40,000 years before writing (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-year-stone-age-paved-mesopotamia.html">details</a>)</li> <li>Study suggests interbreeding mostly involved Neanderthal males and human females (<a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/neanderthals/humans-and-neanderthals-interbred-but-it-was-mostly-male-neanderthals-and-female-humans-who-coupled-up-study-finds">details</a>)</li> <li>Chimú geoglyph and large farming complex documented in Chicama Valley (<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/archaeologists-make-several-monumental-discoveries-in-the-chicama-valley/157099">details</a>)</li> <li>Greek inscription in Syrian mosque adds evidence to Roman sun temple debate (<a href="https://phys.org/news/2026-02-mysterious-greek-inscription-reignites-debate.html">details</a>)</li> </ul>