Archaeology

Genetic information from a 35,000-year-old wolf bone found below a frozen cliff in Siberia is shedding new light on humankind's long relationship with dogs

Sometimes, the pathway to a new idea becoming universally accepted requires a steady stream of little nudges, small pebbles thrown into the lake.

A couple of weeks ago I hatched a plan to write about all the neat new dinosaur-themed studies that had just appeared in print; I began by penning my thoughts on the Brontosaurus issue.

A catalogue of the genetic differences between woolly mammoths and elephants reveals how the ice age giants braved the cold

Recent fossil discoveries fill in long-standing holes in Tyrannosaurus rex’s family tree

For many decades, scientists have tried to understand the past by doing as our forebears did. One important endeavor in what is called experimental archaeology involves moderns crafting Stone Age tools by chipping away at rocks.

Differences in the size and shape of tailbones offer a way to tell male and female fossils apart

The rise of senior citizens may have played a big role in the success of our species

A new out-of-this-world theory links mass extinctions with exotic astrophysics and galactic architecture

The decline and abandonment of the Mexican metropolis may have been hastened by infighting among different cultural and socioeconomic groups. Cynthia Graber reports

 

An analysis using ancient collagen protein could permit the study of fossils older than DNA allows

It's time for one of those classic `from the archives' type articles. This one was originally published in July 2008 at Tet Zoo ver 2. Apart from tiny editorial tweaks, it hasn't been updated.