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Nazca lines
News in Brief Archaeology
Peru’s famous Nazca Lines may include drawings of exotic birds
Pre-Inca people depicted winged fliers from far away in landscape art.
By Bruce Bower | 7:00am, June 26, 2019
capuchin monkey
News | Archaeology
Capuchin monkeys’ stone-tool use has evolved over 3,000 years
By Bruce Bower | 11:00am, June 24, 2019
cemetery excavation
News | Archaeology
People may have smoked marijuana in rituals 2,500 years ago in western China
By Bruce Bower | 2:01pm, June 12, 2019
khipus
News | Archaeology
These knotted cords may hide the first evidence that the Incas collected taxes
By Bruce Bower | 7:00am, June 11, 2019
Ethiopia archaeological site
News | Archaeology
Hominids may have been cutting-edge tool makers 2.6 million years ago
By Bruce Bower | 3:00pm, June 03, 2019
South Africa cave
News in Brief | Archaeology
Cave debris may be the oldest known example of people eating starch
By Bruce Bower | 9:00am, May 31, 2019
wet weather
News in Brief | Archaeology
Ancient South American populations dipped due to an erratic climate
By Bruce Bower | 1:17pm, May 09, 2019
fox snout pouch
News in Brief | Archaeology
An ancient pouch reveals the hallucinogen stash of an Andes shaman
By Bruce Bower | 3:00pm, May 06, 2019
News in Brief | Archaeology
Excavations show hunter-gatherers lived in the Amazon more than 10,000 years ago
By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, April 24, 2019
ancient Guatemalan carving
News in Brief | Archaeology
Ancient sculptors made magnetic figures from rocks struck by lightning
By Bruce Bower | 8:00am, April 22, 2019
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