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Cover Stories
Study details epic transportation of Stonehenge stone across ancient Britain
Ice Age mystery: Taimering mammoth was likely butchered by hunters and gatherers
How Stone Tools, Fire, and Language Paved the Highway to Artificial Intelligence
Each leap in human communication—from vocal anatomy to writing to digital networks—followed the same pattern: faster, more complex, less individual.
Open and Distance Learning: Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Imagery in Archaeological Studies
Khirbet Qeiyafa, the Biblical Tradition and King David
Author and excavation director Yosef Garfinkel summarizes the remarkable findings and implications from his excavation of an ancient early 10th century fortified city in Israel.
Building Fairer Cities: New Insights From Mohenjo-daro
Priceless Prehistoric Treasures of Malta on the Edge
An interview with Dawn Adrienne Saliba, Ph.D. The islands of Malta and Gozo boast archaeological sites that have shaped and reshaped our understanding of a monumental human presence before the pyramids of Egypt...
South American Indigenous peoples are diverse and descend from a third wave of migration
A FAPESP-funded study using whole-genome data from across the continent tells a more detailed story of its settlement. The study was featured on the cover of Nature.
Ancient DNA reveals web of marriage and migration in Peru
Long-distance movement, intermarriage and kinship shaped ancient Andean coastal networks before the Inca Empire, new research finds.
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Other Stories
Research reveals ancient Maya lessons on surviving drought
Huge variety of plant foods made their starvation unlikely.
Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
New technique means head lice can provide clues about ancient people and migration.
Scientists digitally ‘unwrap’ mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I for the first time in 3,000 years
Study shows that 21st dynasty restorers ‘lovingly restored’ mummy, dispelling theory that they were bent on reusing old royal burial equipment.
New dates for Viking trade
Solar flare throws light on ancient trade between the Islamic Middle East and the Viking Age.
Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought
Faroes Settled Well Before Vikings Arrived, Lake Sediments Show.
Mystery solved: Footprints from site A at Laetoli, Tanzania, are from early humans, not bears
Findings provide conclusive evidence that multiple species of hominins co-existed on the landscape.
Volcanic eruptions contributed to collapse of China dynasties
Eruptions create sulfuric acid clouds in the upper atmosphere and can cool the climate.
A Child of darkness
The first partial skull of a child of Homo naledi begins to give us insight into all stages of life of this remarkable species.
More than ceremonial, ancient Chaco Canyon was home, new study says
Early puebloans impacted the ecosystem around Chaco Canyon earlier than previously believed.
