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Unearthing the Secrets of Smith Creek
by Dan McLerran
Excavations are beginning to reveal the evolution of a pre-Columbian mound-builder site in Mississippi.
Spirit Cave: The World’s Oldest Natural Mummy
by Jesse Holth
The discovery and study of a mummy found in a Nevada cave, and other recent revelations, have shed remarkable new light on the pre-Columbian peopling of the Americas.
Crossing the Timor
by Bob Hobman
A group of modern seafarers are testing the hypothesis that prehistoric mariners were the ancestors of Oceania’s populations.
Thor Heyerdahl and the Theory of the Archaeological Raft
by No Author
Author P.J. CAPELOTTI summarizes how experimental archaeology has shed light on our understanding of the role of ancient maritime technology in the global human journey.
The Hohokam: Canal Masters of the American Southwest
by Paul Joseph De Mola, FRGS
Before the arrival of the Spanish, a Native American culture of the American Southwest built a flourishing civilization with a sophisticated irrigation system that rivaled the ancient Roman aqueducts.
A Mummy in Providence
by Arianna Zakrzewski
Rhode Island's resident Egyptian mummy is restored to his coffin home.

Rhode Island's resident Egyptian mummy is restored to his coffin home . . .

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Population history of the Southern Caucasus

Archaeogenetic study reveals this region’s population history in unprecedented detail, generating a DNA transect spanning nearly 5,000 years.

Archaeologists find oldest evidence of humans on ‘Hobbit’s’ island neighbor – who they were remains a mystery

Research and experimentation suggest a new theory on how the ancients moved the massive stones for Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids

4,000-year-old teeth record the earliest traces of people chewing psychoactive betel nuts

New methods make the ‘invisible visible’ to find evidence of deeply rooted cultural practice which otherwise might have been lost in the archaeological record.

Scrumped fruit key to chimpanzee life and a major force of human evolution

Is ancient Roman concrete more sustainable than modern concrete?

Is this what 2,500-year-old honey looks like?

How much time did our ancestors spend up in trees? Studying these chimpanzees might help us find out

A study on savannah-living chimpanzees suggests the need to move safely on thin tree branches could explain why early hominins that could walk upright kept their tree-climbing adaptations.