The Oldest True Stories in the World
Evidence gathered in recent years shows that some ancient narratives contain remarkably reliable records of real events.
The Oldest True Stories in the World
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Peeling Back the History of the Banana
Banana domestication began some 7,000 years ago, but researchers are only now piecing together the global journey of the beloved yellow fruit.
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Did Ancient People Die Young?
Many of us believe our ancestors lived much shorter lives than we do. Cutting-edge archaeology shows otherwise.
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Why This Paleolithic Burial Site Is So Strange (and So Important)
An ancient interment site in Russia challenges us to rethink how Paleolithic humans in Europe treated their dead and organized their societies.
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Can the Hunt for Skeletons Help Heal a Nation’s Wounds?
Anthropologists in Cyprus are quietly working to unite the intensely divided island country—by finding and identifying human remains.
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Solving a Riddle About the Dawn of Art
New tools, partnerships, and investigations into a regional “hole in the map” are helping to fill in the picture of Paleolithic art in Spain's Basque Country.