Rock fall at Grand Canyon reveals ancient animal footprints
They say the creature that made the tracks is something like a modern-day chuckwalla lizard that strolled in sand dunes in a coastal plain more than 300 million years ago.
Scientists discover evidence for Neanderthal handiwork
Scientists have found the first direct evidence that Neanderthals could make string.
Cradle of modern human life found in Botswana…maybe
The motherland of all motherlands has been genetically pinpointed in northern Botswana, but is it truly the source of modern humans?…
Why it’s so hard to grasp the sum of the Islamic State’s archaeological looting
Looted artifacts are believed to be a significant source of income for the Islamic State, but it is difficult to apply a dollar value to historic sites. Now, a paper in the International Journal of Cultural Property offers the first…
Archaeologists are analyzing data from a survey of Alabama’s Mobile River, looking for the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in America. The ship's survivors were enslaved for a few years before forming a unique community, Africatown. Clotilda…
During last year’s search in Alabama’s Mobile River for the Clotilda -- the last known slave ship to arrive in the U.S. -- archaeologists also gathered data on all kinds of other artifacts that shed light on the area's rich…
The announcement of a new species of ancient human (more correctly hominin) from the Philippines will cause a lot of head-shaking among anthropologists and archaeologists.
Religion is a fundamental feature of humanity, but did our ancestors need it to form complex societies?…
Have you ever heard of an archaeologist who burns, hammers or smashes artifacts? That’s what Metin Eren does, except it’s with replicas. Eren is a rising star in the field of experimental archaeology. In his lab at Kent State University,…
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