May 20SaveArchaeology5/20/20Archaeology5/20/20Ancient DNA From Siberia Provides Oldest Genetic Link to Native AmericansGeorge Dvorsky5SaveA 14,000-year-old genome scraped from a prehistoric tooth found in southern Siberia is now the oldest known…
Aug 29 2019SaveArchaeology8/29/19Archaeology8/29/19New Evidence Bolsters Theory That First Americans Arrived by the Pacific CoastGeorge Dvorsky22SaveArchaeological evidence excavated in western Idaho suggests humans were in the region well over 15,000 years…
Mar 13 2019SaveArchaeology3/13/19Archaeology3/13/19Ancient Britons Traveled Hundreds of Miles to Attend Pork Fests at StonehengeGeorge Dvorsky33SavePrehistoric Britons traveled impressive distances to attend celebrations at monumental sites like Stonehenge,…
Aug 8 2018SaveArchaeology8/8/18Archaeology8/8/18Humans May Have Reached North America by More Than One RouteGeorge Dvorsky32SaveThere’s an ongoing debate among archaeologists as to which route the first settlers of North America took to reach…
Jul 11 2018SaveArchaeology7/11/18Archaeology7/11/18Discovery of Stone Tools in China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years AgoGeorge Dvorsky12SaveArchaeologists working in the Shangchen region of China have uncovered dozens of stone tools, the oldest of which…
Apr 26 2017Save4/26/17Controversial Study Makes a Staggering Claim About When the First Humans Settled North AmericaGeorge Dvorsky90SaveIn a study that’s already attracting considerable controversy, a research team says it has found evidence of human…
Aug 10 2016Save8/10/16We Were Wrong About How Ancient Humans Colonized North AmericaGeorge Dvorsky185SaveIt’s a veritable certainty that North America’s first people arrived via the Bering Land Bridge, but less certainty…
Jan 14 2016Save1/14/16A Mysterious Mammoth Carcass Could Change Human HistoryMaddie Stone194SaveThe carcass was remarkably well preserved, but something was clearly wrong. A rounded hole through the interior…
Jul 23 2015Save7/23/15DNA Suggests America's First People Arrived in a Single WaveGeorge Dvorsky50SaveA genetic analysis of ancient and modern humans suggests that the ancestors of Native Americans entered the North…
Nov 30 2012Save11/30/12Tiny remnants of fossilized poop tell us where ancient humans livedTim Barribeau20Save Figuring out when humans first arrived in a location is surprisingly tricky. Sometimes, you find a nice chunk of…
Aug 21 2012Save8/21/12This skull pushes back human occupation of Southeast Asia and Australia by 20,000 yearsGeorge Dvorsky12Save An ancient skull found in a cave in the Annamite Mountains in northern Laos has revised our conceptions of when…
Sep 21 2011Save9/21/11Why the shape of the Americas was bad for human settlementAlasdair Wilkins37SaveThere's still a lot we don't know about the first human colonization of the Americas, particularly the exact timing,…