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Tools of the Wild: Unveiling the Crafty Side of Nature
Once considered a uniquely human activity, tool use has been spotted across diverse species. It’s time to rethink what tools reveal about their users’ intelligence and evolution.
Why Shoes Do Not Make the Runner
East African runners wearing “super shoes” have outpaced global marathon records. But the shoe fervor—alongside older stereotypes about African runners’ “natural” abilities—means athletes’ hard work often gets sidelined.
Piecing Together the Puzzle of Oman’s Ancient Towers
In recent years, the Omani government has invested in archaeology and heritage tourism to boost its economy—renewing interest in mysterious 4,000-year-old towers that dot the Southeastern Arabian landscape.
Meet the Ancient Technologists Who Changed Everything
A series of Stone Age geniuses invented a range of technologies that shaped human evolution and laid the foundation for our world.
Repatriation Has Transformed, Not Ended, Research
A myth persists that when museums and other institutions return ancestral remains to Indigenous communities, it is in opposition to research—that needs to change.
Black and Indigenous Futures
In this final webinar of the series, archaeologists, artists, and cultural theorists turn to questions of how can archaeology, the study of material worlds past and present, help construct new futures.
Indigenous Cultures Have Archaeology Too
In Papua New Guinea, Indigenous peoples have been interpreting their ancestral landscapes for generations.
How Kings Created Angkor Wat—Then Lost It
New archaeological research reveals that leaders centralized agriculture in the famous city shortly before its decline.
Holocaust Archaeology Proves Deniers Wrong
To counter ignorance and indifference about the Holocaust, scientists expand evidence of the mass murder of 6 million European Jews by the Nazi regime and its allies.
The Incas’ Knotty History
Imagine a simple three-dimensional object that uses mathematics, history, accounting, and language to keep track of an amazing array of information. The Inca invented one over 500 years ago in Peru.
Selling Dreams of the Good Life in Kazakhstan
In the post-socialist era, Mary Kay and other multilevel marketing companies offer dreams of wealth and a life of meaning.
