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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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Cover Stories

Northern France was already inhabited more than 650,000 years ago

Early humans used tiny, flint ‘surgical’ tools to butcher elephants

New discovery by Tel Aviv University-led research group suggests early humans in the Levant were sophisticated and environmentally conscious.

Bones of Roman Britons provide new clues to dietary deprivation

What the cranium of modern humans’ ancestor would have looked like

Neanderthal footprints and social structure

First ancient DNA from Indus Valley civilization links its people to modern South Asians

Newfound phalanx fragment shows Denisovans closer to modern humans than Neanderthals

Scotland’s genetic landscape echoes Dark Age populations

Humans were changing the environment much earlier than believed

And that may be good news for a more sustainable future

Archaeological site reveals humans arrived in the Americas more than 16,000 years ago

Evidence supports theory that humans entered using Pacific coastal routes.

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A wooden toe: Swiss Egyptologists study 3,000-year-old prosthesis

Multispectral imaging reveals ancient Hebrew inscription undetected for over 50 years

Military correspondence from the First Temple period discovered on reverse side of well-studied artifact at The Israel Museum, Tel Aviv University researchers say.

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.