A West African Window Into Human Evolution
Senegalese archaeology is revealing new insights into human history on the African continent.
Preservation
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Finding and Losing the World’s Oldest Art in Sulawesi
An anthropologist goes back to see Sulawesi cave paintings he reported in Indonesia decades ago—and mourns their degradation and loss.
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Archaeology in the Ashes of Notre Dame
Two years ago, a fire devastated Paris’ iconic Catholic cathedral. An archaeologist outlines the unprecedented research scientists are now undertaking to make the most of the disaster.
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Preserving the Voices of the Antioch Colony
Archaeologists are working with descendants to preserve the history of a community in Texas formed by Black freedmen and women after the Civil War.
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The Phantom Forests That Built Mesa Verde
For years, archaeologists working in Mesa Verde National Park have been looking for evidence of where Ancestral Puebloans harvested the thousands of trees they used to build their elaborate cliff dwellings.
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Do Twins Share a Soul?
An anthropologist—and identical twin—grapples with different cultural understandings of twinship.