Archaeology

  1. Archaeology

    Notorious Bones

    South African finds enter fray over origins of the human genus.

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  2. Anthropology

    Agriculture’s roots spread east to Iran

    Dig supports prolonged development of domesticated crops at ancient sites across the Fertile Crescent.

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  3. Archaeology

    Pre-Inca empire tomb found untouched in Peru

    Gold jewelry, bronze axes and dozens of bodies were among the contents of the Wari empire ceremonial room.

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  4. Humans

    Aerial radar sizes up ancient urban sprawl

    Angkor, the capital of Cambodia's Khmer empire, included carefully planned  suburbs that spread across the landscape.

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  5. Archaeology

    Ancient Siberians may have rarely hunted mammoths

    Occasional kills by Stone Age humans could not have driven creatures to extinction, researchers say.

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  6. Archaeology

    Italians taught French wine-making

    Archaeology suggests Etruscans brought the grape to Gaul.

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  7. Humans

    Maya civilization’s roots may lie in ritual

    Cultural exchanges in southern Mexico and Guatemala tied to ancient society's rise.

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  8. Humans

    Disputed finds put humans in South America 22,000 years ago

    Brazilian site may have been home to people before the Clovis hunters.

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  9. Humans

    Ancient people and Neandertals were extreme travelers

    Stone Age folk were built for journeying farther than even the most active individuals today.

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  10. Humans

    Radial routes ran outside Mesopotamia

    Cold War–era imagery reveals transportation networks extended throughout Middle East.

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  11. Archaeology

    A king’s final hours, told by his mortal remains

    The skeleton of Richard III reveals a violent and chaotic end for a controversial English monarch.

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  12. Humans

    Pots bear oldest signs of cheese making

    Some of Europe’s first farmers created perforated vessels to separate curds from whey.

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