5,000 Years of Native American Moundbuilding
5,000 years of Native American moundbuilding traditions are explored in a new exhibition opening June 24 at the Penn Museum.
Seeing the World with Dr. Kate
Archaeologist Kate Leonard traveled the world for 12 months to show the public how diverse and exciting archaeological exploration can really be.
New research reveals earliest directly dated rock paintings from southern Africa
Scientists have pioneered a technique to directly date prehistoric rock paintings in southern Africa, which revealed dates much older than previously thought.
Why was a teenager with bone cancer buried on Witch Hill in Panama?
The first case of cancer in ancient human remains reported from Central America.
The first genome data from ancient Egyptian mummies
Study finds that ancient Egyptians were most closely related to ancient populations from the Near East.
Springs were critical water sources for early humans in East Africa, Rutgers study finds
Scientists show how groundwater-fed springs may have influenced human evolution.
Groundbreaking discovery of early civilization in ancient Peru
Elaborate baskets reveal sophisticated societies in the late Pleistocene and early Holocene ages.
Two missing World War II B-25 bombers documented off Papua New Guinea
Latest discovery follows successful identification and documentation of 5 missing World War II aircraft in 2016.
Scientists find 7.2-million-year-old pre-human remains in the Balkans
New hypothesis about the origin of humankind suggests oldest hominin lived in Europe.
3.3 million-year-old fossil reveals origins of the human spine
Portions of human skeletal structure were established millions of years earlier than previously thought, a University of Chicago paleoanthropologist discovers.
Shared genetic heritage from Sicily to Cyprus
A new genomic study on southern Mediterranean reveals a genetic continuity across geographic and national borders.
Resurrecting identities in the Andes
Archaeologists examine the cultural shifts of an ancient society through the subtleties of its everyday people.
Ancient human relative’s surprisingly young age opens up more questions on where we come from
Homonin discovered in 2015 by the Rising Star team in South Africa was alive between 335,000 and 236,000 years ago.
South African cave yields yet more fossils of a newfound relative
PhD student Marina Silva has identified migrating humans from Africa, Iran and Central Asia over a period of 50,000 years.
Archaeogeneticist pinpoints Indian population origins using today’s populace
PhD student Marina Silva has identified migrating humans from Africa, Iran and Central Asia over a period of 50,000 years.
