Jan 28 Ancient mammoth bones discovered under Oregon State’s stadium By Cassandra Profita, EarthFix An expansion project at Oregon State University’s Reser Stadium has uncovered ancient mammoth bones under the football field’s end zone. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 7:28 What an ancient boneyard reveals about our earliest global wanderers By PBS NewsHour On a years-long hike across the globe, journalist Paul Salopek is following the path humans took after the Ice Age. One of the most important human migration sites in the world is in Dmanisi, Georgia, where people have walked for… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 9:23 Trove of fossils from a long-lost human ancestor is greatest find in decades By PBS NewsHour Scientists have discovered a new human-like species, deep in a cave system in South Africa. Researchers have said that the discovery could change our conception of human ancestry. For more on the discovery, Jeffrey Brown speaks to Jamie Shreeve of… Continue watching
Aug 24 U.N. calls destruction of 2,000-year-old temple a war crime By Amanda Gomez The chief of the United Nation's cultural agency has described the Islamic State’s destruction of Baalshamin, a nearly 2,000 year-old temple in Palmyra, as a “war crime.”… Continue reading
Aug 20 Keeping up with the Joneses, Neolithic Scotland edition By Lorna Baldwin As I stand on this windswept bit of Orkney looking down at the Ness of Brodgar dig site, there’s a salty sea loch to my left, a freshwater loch to my right, and standing stones in front of and behind… Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 4:07 Destroy, sell, hide: How Islamic State exploits antiquities By PBS NewsHour Archaeologist Khaled al-Assad was an iconic figure associated with the study of the ancient cultural site of Palmyra in Syria. In the wake of Assad’s murder at the hands of the Islamic State, Amr Al Azm of Shawnee State University… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 2:17 A protector of Syria’s ancient past executed by Islamic State militants By PBS NewsHour For world-renowned scholar Khaled al-Assad, the ancient site of Palmyra was his home and his life. Then the Islamic State came for him, wanting to know where valuable artifacts from the site had been hidden. The 81-year-old, who didn’t give… Continue watching
Aug 19 Islamic State group beheads prominent archaeologist in Syria By Larisa Epatko Islamic State militants reportedly beheaded a prominent archaeologist in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, and put his body on display. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 5:54 A Catholic enigma found in a grave at Jamestown By PBS NewsHour In 2013 archaeologists discovered the remains of four early colony leaders buried 400 years ago at the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. On top of one of the graves was a silver box resembling a religious artifact, presenting a mystery for… Continue watching
Jun 18 Geneticists crack the 20-year mystery of the Kennewick Man skeleton By Nsikan Akpan Will U.S. Army Corps of Engineers return the Kennewick Man's remains now that they've been found to be closely related to Native Americans?… Continue reading