Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

Improbable though his story seems, a Stone Age man, practically untouched by modern civilization, was alive in the U.S. only 50 years ago. When he stumbled out of the brush near Oroville in ...

This article also appeared in print, under the headline “Ever Ancient, Ever New,” in the February 2, 2015, issue.

In Ancient DNA, New Directions for African American History | Magazine | The Harvard CrimsonEvolutionary biologists, historians, population geneticists, and archaeologists gathered on Feb. 7 to ...

As statues tumble, a national conversation has emerged about American monuments. For some, the defacement of monuments, particularly those dedicated to Confederate leaders, helps debunk myths of white ...

These 5 ancient cities once ruled North America—what happened to them? Teotihuacan, Cahokia, and other metropolises featured striking religious centers, multifamily dwellings, and burial mounds ...

Members of New Mexico’s Picuris Pueblo Tribal Nation have long told stories about having descended from ancient North American ancestors. Genetic evidence now backs up what Picuris people ...

This Ancient North American City May Have Collapsed Due to Climate Change Can the decline of Cahokia offer lessons about withstanding modern American drought?

Ancient and Enormous South American Rock Art Mapped for First Time Shows Mysterious 100-Foot-Long Snake Published Dec 09, 2017 at 7:00 AM EST Updated Dec 10, 2017 at 11:53 AM EST ...

"We set out to find the origin of the oldest known contagious cancer. What we uncovered were the last traces of ancient American dogs." ...

A toddler boy and a teenage girl have settled a contentious debate in archaeology more than 12,000 years after their deaths. In February, researchers published the first ancient American human genome, ...

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