Tag: Archaeology
When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell...
Nick Longrich, University of Bath
When did something like us first appear on the planet? It turns out there’s remarkably little agreement on this question....
Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first...
Melinda A. Yang, University of Richmond
The very first human beings originally emerged in Africa before spreading across Eurasia about 60,000 years ago. After that,...
Brewing Mesopotamian beer brings a sip of this vibrant ancient drinking...
Tate Paulette, North Carolina State University
It’s been about five months since I set foot in a bar. Like many of you navigating life in...
Archaeologists have a lot of dates wrong for North American indigenous...
Sturt Manning, Cornell University
Columbus famously reached the Americas in 1492. Other Europeans had made the journey before, but the century from then until 1609...
What tooth tartar taught us about baboons kept captive in ancient...
Claudio Ottoni, Sapienza University of Rome
Many people know it’s important to clean their teeth to prevent a build-up of dental plaque. This sticky film...
Humans domesticated horses – new tech could help archaeologists figure out...
William Taylor, University of Colorado Boulder
In the increasingly urbanized world, few people still ride horses for reasons beyond sport or leisure. However, on horseback,...
Native people did not use fire to shape New England’s landscape
Wyatt Oswald, Emerson College; David R. Foster, Harvard University, and Elizabeth Chilton, Binghamton University, State University of New York
An interpretive sign stands at the...
Archaeological discoveries are happening faster than ever before, helping refine the...
Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York) and Mary Prendergast, Saint Louis University – Madrid
In 1924, a 3-year-old child’s skull...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
