Stone Age Myths We’ve Made Up
Commonly held views of ancient history are often colored by what survives in the archaeological record—and by cultural biases.
Stone Age Myths We’ve Made Up
Archaeology
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Are Trophy Skulls Evidence of Civil War Among the Classic Maya?
Macabre artifacts hint at regional conflicts around the time of the Maya civilization’s disintegration.
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Ancient DNA Illuminates Pastoralism’s Rise in Africa
A new study pieces together clues to the multistep process behind the origins of livestock herding in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Unraveling the Mystery of Human Bipedality
Paleoanthropologist Carol Ward explains how walking upright marked a milestone in hominin history.
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Could Mammoth Bones Reveal When Humans First Arrived in North America?
Paleontologist Dan Fisher is challenging scientific consensus about when people first came to the continent and how they may have changed the world around them.
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What One Tooth Means for Neanderthal History
A 100,000-year-old tooth found in the Pešturina Cave in Eastern Serbia bolsters evidence of Neanderthal presence in the Balkans.