What Google Maps Don’t Show You
The long history of Native American tribes is nowhere to be found on modern maps. So the Zuni decided it was time to create their own kind of cartography.
What Google Maps Don’t Show You
Archaeology
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The Skeletons in the Museum Closet
Can natural history museums justify their collections of human remains?
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How Men Stole Civilization
For too long, we have failed to recognize the most important elements of a truly civilized society: political wisdom, cooperation, kindness … and women.
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The Mastodon in the Room
As new discoveries shake up the timeline of when people first came to the Americas, how do we decide what’s true?
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How Do We Know Which Historical Accounts Are True?
For many years, scholars believed oral history was no more accurate than mythology. It turns out they were wrong.
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Ritual Sacrifice May Have Shaped Dog Domestication
An ancient Arctic site suggests a complex relationship between humans and dogs.