Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant. This replica shows how Neanderthals might have used birch […]
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Centuries before the Inca, Peru’s wealthy imported parrots from afar
The Inca Empire’s system of roads were built on centuries-old trade routes. This large, elaborate Ychsma funerary bundle features a […]
First revealed in spy photos, a Bronze Age city emerges from the steppe
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads. This bronze ax head was found […]
Wear marks suggest Neanderthals made ocher crayons
“The combination of shaping, wear, and resharpening indicates they were used to draw or mark on soft surfaces,” D’Errico told […]
The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters
I just think they’re neat Europeans weren’t the first people to collect fossils in Australia. Several species of short-faced kangaroos, […]
Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used
Women in STEM: Inca Edition In the late 1500s, a few decades after the khipu in this recent study was […]
Local cuisine was on the menu at Cafe Neanderthal
Gazelle prepared “a la Amud,” or “a la Kebara”? Neanderthals at Kebara had pretty broad tastes in meat. The butchered […]
Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species
That leaves a few possibilities: Denisovans, Homo heidelbergensis (the common ancestor of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and our species), or Homo erectus. […]
A mammoth tusk boomerang from Poland is 40,000 years old
This left distal phalanx was found not far from the mammoth tusk boomerang. Credit: Talamo et al. 2025 What about […]
Painted altar in Maya city of Tikal reveals aftermath of ancient coup
It’s always about colonialism The altar marks the presence of an enclave of foreign elites from Teotihuacan. This rendering shows […]