What Drove Homo Erectus Out of Africa?
Excavations at the site of 'Ubeidiya are at the heart of a debate about Homo erectus migrations, with profound implications for questions of human resilience and adaptability.
Archaeology
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Did an Asteroid Shape This Famous Biblical Story?
Analysis of debris at the site of an ancient city demolished by a cosmic impact has led an archaeologist and his colleagues to theorize the same event destroyed Sodom. -
Do Stolen Sacred Objects Experience Culture Shock?
Ancestral memorials from Kenya called vigango have been stolen and sold as "art" around the world. An anthropologist working to return them wonders what the spirits experience when they are displaced.
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Did Aliens Build the Pyramids? And Other Racist Theories
Pseudoarchaeology, conspiracy theories that ancient civilizations were founded by aliens or the denizens of Atlantis, are more than just silly—they’re dangerous.
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Archaeology’s Role in Finding Missing Indigenous Children in Canada
Evidence of unmarked children’s graves on the sites of former Indian Residential Schools has triggered a long-overdue national awakening. Will it be enough to spur lasting action?
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Five Human Species You May Not Know About
Homo sapiens is currently the only member of the genus Homo alive. There’s only one species of human—but it wasn’t always so.