Did Ancient People Die Young?
Many of us believe our ancestors lived much shorter lives than we do. Cutting-edge archaeology shows otherwise.
Did Ancient People Die Young?
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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.
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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.
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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.