Desert Kingdom That Outsmarted Empires: New National Geographic documentary brings overdue appreciation for Arabia’s ancient Nabataeans
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Cover Stories
Two big steps toward the evolution of bipedality
New study reveals how reshaping the pelvis helped human ancestors walk upright.
Primate thumbs and brains evolved hand-in-hand
Radiocarbon dating of Siloam Dam in Jerusalem
Early Holocene barley foraging in Central Asia
URGENT: Malta’s Ancient Santa Verna Temple Area Under Immediate Threat from Development
Parliamentary Petition Launched to Protect Prehistoric Archaeological Landscape as Construction Advances Through Protected Zone.
DNA from extinct hominin may have helped ancient peoples survive in the Americas
Remains at two Neolithic sites reveal that locals brutalized foreign prisoners of war
Earliest evidence discovered of interbreeding between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
Global Breakthrough in a Prehistoric Cave in Israel.
A critical step in prehistoric stone tool use may have taken place 600,000 years earlier than thought
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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.
