Smithsonian Archaeologist Crafts Science-Themed Cakes; This One Is an Elephantine Treat
Confectionary artworks span everything from an Aztec calendar stone to King Tut’s tomb
New Ancient Ape Species Rewrites the Story of Bipedalism
Danuvius guggenmosi, a “totally new and different” species of ape, would have moved through the trees using its forelimbs and hindlimbs equally
Eagle Talon Jewelry Suggests Neanderthals Were Capable of Human-Like Thought
New evidence from an archaeological site in Spain reignites a debate about Neanderthal cognition
A.I. Mastered Backgammon, Chess and Go. Now It Takes On StarCraft II
DeepMind’s AlphaStar learns the complex strategy video game, which has trillions and trillions of possible moves conducted in real time
Bronze Age Baby Bottles Reveal How Some Ancient Infants Were Fed
Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children’s graves contained proteins from animal milk
Rare Ancient DNA Provides Window Into a 5,000-Year-Old South Asian Civilization
The Indus Valley Civilization flourished alongside Mesopotamia and Egypt, but the early society remains shrouded in mystery
A Warming Climate Threatens Archaeological Sites in Greenland
As temperatures rise and ice melts, Norse and Inuit artifacts and human remains decompose more rapidly
A 3.8-Million-Year-Old Skull Puts a New Face on a Little-Known Human Ancestor
The cranium of a male Australopithecus anamensis, a close relative of Lucy, provides clues about one of the earliest hominins to walk on two legs
This Centuries-Old Geoduck Shell May Rewrite the Rules About Who Can Harvest the Fancy Clam
A remnant from a meal long gone, the find in British Columbia could give the region’s indigenous communities an important legal claim
Mesoamerican Sculptures Reveal Early Knowledge of Magnetism
Stone figures with magnetized cheeks and navels suggest the pre-Maya civilization of Monte Alto understood the attractive force
Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on the Biblical Philistines
A team of scientists sequenced genomes from people who lived in a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel between the 12th and 8th centuries B.C.
Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Story of Human Migration Between Siberia and North America
Two studies greatly increase the amount of information we have about the peoples who first populated North America—from the Arctic to the Southwest U.S.
The Disturbing Resilience of Scientific Racism
A new book explores how racist biases continue to maintain a foothold in research today
The Teeth of Early Neanderthals May Indicate the Species’ Lineage Is Older Than Thought
Some of the oldest known Neanderthal remains include teeth that could push back the split with modern human lineages, but not all scientists are convinced
Archaeologists Discover Some of the Amazon’s Oldest Human Burials
As early as 10,000 years ago, humans created settlements on elevated forest mounds in parts of southwestern Amazonia
Before the Inca Ruled South America, the Tiwanaku Left Their Mark on the Andes
Artifacts including gold medallions and sacrificial llama bones reveal the ritual pilgrimages taken around Lake Titicaca
Ancient Monkey Bone Tools Shake Up the Narrative of Early Human Migration to the Rain Forest
New evidence pushes back the date for human settlement in jungles, challenging the idea that our ancestors preferred the savannas and plains
The Ability to Pronounce ‘F’ and ‘V’ Sounds Might Have Evolved Along With Diet
As our ancestors began eating softer agricultural foods, the shape of the human jaw and the sounds we make may have changed as well
Women’s Contributions to Early Genetics Studies Were Relegated to the Footnotes
While women scientists were frequently “acknowledged programmers” in population genetics research, few of them received full authorship
How 18th-Century Writers Created the Genre of Popular Science
French writers such as Voltaire and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle helped shape the Enlightenment with stories of science
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