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Cover Stories
A common culture of cave dwellers
Modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared long-term cultural continuity.
New genomic study uncovers family ties linking Scythian elite burials across the Eurasian steppe
Ancient DNA reveals how political power and elite status may have been maintained among Iron Age nomadic societies.
Early hunter-gatherers in the Americas likely targeted large prey such as mammoths instead of smaller animals
Were Clovis foragers in Late Pleistocene North America big-game hunters, or just big-game scavengers?
Origin of atlatl hunting in North America
Archaeological Discoveries That Changed Our Understanding of Ancient Sports
How Archaeologists Reconstruct Ancient Clothing from Tiny Fragments
How Archaeology Uses Modern Technology Beyond Excavation
New Archaeological Discoveries in Israel Reveal Insights into Early Human Life and Byzantine-Era Christian Artifacts
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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.
