Archaeology

  1. Anthropology

    Chilean desert cemetery tells tale of ancient trade specialists

    Burial site holds clues to ancient trade brokers in Chilean desert.

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  2. Anthropology

    Bones revive a 7,000-year-old massacre

    Bones suggest Central Europe’s first farmers had an extremely violent streak.

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  3. Anthropology

    Remains of Jamestown leaders discovered

    Colonial-era graves reveal leading figures in founding of English America.

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  4. Anthropology

    Modern-day trackers reinterpret Stone Age cave footprints

    African trackers help researchers interpret ancient human footprints in French caves.

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  5. Archaeology

    Bronze Age humans racked up travel miles

    A new study indicates long journeys and unexpected genetic links in Bronze Age Eurasian cultures.

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  6. Humans

    How Homo sapiens became world’s dominant species

    'First Peoples' dispels old ideas about human evolution and tells an updated tale of how Homo sapiens came to dominate the world.

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  7. Archaeology

    Earliest known stone tools unearthed in Kenya

    East African discoveries suggest stone-tool making started at least 3.3 million years ago.

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  8. Astronomy

    Wandering planets, the smell of rain and more reader feedback

    Readers consider how hard it would be to fashion Paleolithic tools, discuss what to call free-floating worlds and more.

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  9. Anthropology

    Pots from hunter-gatherer site in China tell tale of lifestyle shift

    Chinese foragers settled down and made pottery shortly before farming’s ascent.

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  10. Anthropology

    Ritual cannibalism occurred in England 14,700 years ago

    Human bones show signs of ritual cannibalism in England 14,700 years ago.

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  11. Particle Physics

    Particle hunting in space, life in the urban jungle and more reader feedback

    Readers discuss wheat's journey to England, share stories about urban wildlife and more.

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  12. Anthropology

    Beads suggest culture blocked farming in Northern Europe

    Baltic hunter-gatherers blocked farming’s spread from south.

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