2.75-million-year-old stone tools may mark a turning point in human evolution
We may be seeing when our ancestors first defied a hostile world—same tools, same place, for ~300,000 years despite climate chaos.
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Cover Stories
Fashion Before Fashion: What Archaeology Tells Us About Ancient Style
Ancient tombs reveal the story of Chinese history
Burial site distributions illustrate how people lived and died over thousands of years.
Buried Boroughs: Exploring New York’s Underground Archaeology
Neanderthal DNA reveals ancient long-distance migrations
Tiny 5 cm long bone allows insights into crucial period when Neanderthals disappeared and Homo sapiens replaced them.
From Stone Gates to Garage Doors: How Human Entrances Evolved Through the Ages
The Living Ruins: What New York’s Sidewalk Trees Tell Us About the City’s Forgotten Past
What Lies Beneath Manhattan: Archaeological Finds and the Importance of Commercial Foundation Waterproofing
TU Graz conducts research into endangered cultural heritage in the Western Himalayas
Using 3D technology and interdisciplinary expertise, a research team has explored Buddhist temples in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal and digitized them for posterity.
Historic Halifax Unearthed: How Metal Roofing Preserves the City’s Oldest Structures
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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.
