After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...
A new study by a Utah anthropologist, based on genetic evidence, concludes that the colonizers of Sahul arrived later than the commonly held estimate of 65,000 years ago. Aboriginal Australian culture ...
I first became interested in the Pueblo peoples of the U.S. Southwest in the late 1980s, during a visit to Santa Fe, New ...
Archaeologists in China found a collection of human bones that showed signs of being "worked" like any other natural material ...
A major fossil discovery about our ancient ancestor has occurred in Kenya. Researchers have found hand and foot bones ...
From desert carvings to underwater ruins, these ancient structures are so advanced that experts still can’t agree on what ...
The bone fragment, found in June, “is a powerful and humbling reminder that people have walked this land, our home in Fayette ...
Battles over Columbus Day aren’t really about Christopher Columbus at all — they’re about whether America should exist. “Columbus’s journey carried thousands of years of wisdom, philosophy, reason, ...
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The first humans didn’t walk into cities or civilizations—they faced shifting climates, fierce predators, and raw survival. This is the world our earliest ancestors called home.