Uncovering Ancient Clues to Humanity’s First Fires
How and when our ancestors mastered the use of fire remains a hotly debated question. Researchers are hunting for answers buried in ancient ash and baked soils.
Uncovering Ancient Clues to Humanity’s First Fires
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Who Started the First Fire?
Humans’ ability to control fire is among the most important technological advances in our evolutionary history. Research on Neanderthal cave sites in France is offering new insights on this old enigma.
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Searching for the Origins of the First Americans
The Bering land bridge holds vital clues to the story of the Americas’ first inhabitants. A new project may rewrite the history books.
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Gathering the Genetic Testimony of Spain’s Civil War Dead
New research by anthropologists and forensic scientists is bringing hope to the relatives of war victims while challenging Spain’s “pact of forgetting."
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History Lost to Sea
Researchers are racing to record—and save—the cultural treasures of the western Canadian Arctic before they fall victim to climate change.
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The Darkest Truths
After the Nazis' three so-called Operation Reinhard camps swallowed more than a million and a half Jewish lives, the camps were themselves destroyed. Forensic archaeologists are finally exploring what lies beneath the earth—but not without resistance.