A landmark site in the peopling of the Americas is several thousand years younger than we thought. While that means very different things about the site itself, it doesn’t change the big picture as ...

Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our understanding of how and when humans arrived in the Americas.

A new analysis of archaeological layers at Monte Verde in Chile suggests that people lived there 4,200 years ago, not 14,500 years ago as originally proposed. But many experts point to errors in the ...

The first Americans came over during the last ice age, but how much do you know about them?

Birch tar was among the most useful materials available to prehistoric humans and was primarily used as a glue to bind stone blades onto wooden handles or arrowheads onto shafts. However, we now have ...

Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

Discover a hidden wellness sanctuary in Connecticut where Himalayan salt and zero-gravity chairs create the ultimate ...

For some, this status was reached when we attained a certain level of technological complexity, while others view the emergence of abstract thought as the rubicon of modernity – although a new study ...

On Saturday, April 4, 2026, from 2-4 PM, Cave Creek Museum will present J. Scott Wood on the subject “The Northern Hohokam Periphery,” which will showcase the influence of the ...

The area, known today for its farmland, limestone cliffs and Mammoth Cave, once resembled environments like the Bahamas, the ...

For South Carolina residents, DinoLand Cafe represents the kind of hidden gem that’s hiding in plain sight, the sort of place you might drive past a hundred times before finally deciding to stop in ...

Researchers looking at foodcrusts on the pottery shards of ancient humans say there's evidence of a wide variety of ...