ArchaeologyNovember 11, 2021
Dozens of Shipwreck Discoveries Anticipated in New Marine Sanctuary
A federal designation could help yield 3-D models that are useful for finding, studying and conserving vessels on the bed of Lake Michigan
Anthropology
AnthropologyOctober 25, 2021
Date of the Vikings’ First Atlantic Crossing Revealed by Rays from Space
By dating the remnants of trees felled in Newfoundland, scientists have determined that the Norse people likely first set foot in the Americas in the year A.D. 1021.
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OpinionOctober 13, 2021
Genomes Show the History and Travels of Indigenous Peoples
A new study demonstrates “I ka wā mamua, ka wā ma hope,” or “the future is in the past”
AnthropologyOctober 11, 2021
Mammoths Roamed when Humans Started Using Tobacco at Least 12,300 Years Ago
A dig in the Nevada desert finds telltale seeds at the site of a late Paleolithic hearth
AnthropologyJuly 21, 2018
Following a New Trail of Crumbs to Agriculture's Origins
Archaeologists have found tiny pieces of ancient bread from hunter-gatherers that predate agriculture by about 4,000 years
AnthropologyJune 1, 2015
The Forensics of Identifying Migrants Who Die Exhausted after Crossing from Mexico
Scientists are identifying the remains of undocumented migrants who died crossing the Mexican border—people whose names would otherwise have been lost forever
AnthropologyNovember 1, 2012
How New Science Is Editing Our Old Story of the First Americans
Humans colonized the New World earlier than previously thought—a revelation that is forcing scientists to rethink long-standing ideas about these trailblazers