Tiny Snails Help Solve a Giant Mystery
Archaeologists may finally know the age and true identity of the “Rude Man,” also known as the Cerne Abbas Giant, one of dozens of geoglyphs etched into the British countryside.
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How Migrant Filmmakers Practice Archival Activism
Migrant youth in Palermo, Italy, are documenting their lives to ensure their stories are not just told by those in power.
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How Early Humans Shaped the World With Fire
An archaeological project in Malawi shows how nearly 100,000 years ago, humans used fire to create wide-scale, permanent transformations of the natural environment. It's time to abandon the idea of "pristine nature."
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An Excavation of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Contemplating Pompeii’s sudden demise in A.D. 79, an anthropologist asks what future generations will uncover when they sift through the pandemic’s remains.
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A West African Window Into Human Evolution
Senegalese archaeology is revealing new insights into human history on the African continent.
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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.