Reconstructions

  1. Humans

    What ancient mummies have to tell us about the perils of modern life

    Once you hit a certain age, visiting a doctor is basically a guilt trip. All that satisfying stuff you eat, drink or smoke is killing you, a white-coated overachiever tells you. You need to exercise and lose weight, or the grim reaper will be at your door long before you’re ready. And it will all […]

    By Matt Crenson
  2. Archaeology

    What the Maya really have to tell us about the end of the world

    By Matt Crenson

  3. New research on Native American origins takes anthropologists down memory lane

    In school we learn that science proceeds logically from one experiment to the next, leaving in its wake a complete and certain body of knowledge.