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
Anthropology
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
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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