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In the Shadows of Civilization: Rethinking the Origins of Domestication
New research upends the idea that humans “invented” domestication. Instead, plants & animals adapted to us. Evolution, not control. Rethink the…
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Kambiz Kamrani
14:18
Ancient Crossroads: How Burial Monuments and Rock Art Reveal a Forgotten Ritual Landscape in the Tangier Peninsula
A prehistoric ritual landscape in Morocco's Tangier Peninsula—cemeteries, standing stones, and rock art—challenges colonial narratives in North African…
19:53
Bones of Contention: What Fossil Hands Reveal About Our Ancient Grip
The curious case of Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi
14:29
The Obsidian Nexus: Trade, Ritual, and Power in the Mexica Empire
How volcanic glass shaped the spiritual and economic heart of Tenochtitlan
12:02
The Plateau Persists
How 3,000 years of ancient DNA from northern Iran challenges our assumptions about population continuity and cultural change
14:58
At the Edge of the Ice: Tracing the Footsteps of Scotland’s Earliest Hunters
New discoveries on the Isle of Skye suggest Late Upper Paleolithic reindeer hunters ventured farther north than previously believed
10:27
Mapping the Genome of a Multi-Ethnic Nation
How a U.S.-wide study of nearly 300,000 genomes is rewriting what we thought we knew about ancestry, identity, and the story of human variation
11:33
Tracing Disease Along the Copper Road
How Bronze Age leprosy in Oman reveals ancient mobility, social resilience, and new tools for seeing the invisible
11:32
Rewriting the Timeline: Neanderthal Innovation at Schöningen
Softer Timelines, Sharper Spears: How 200,000-year-old horse hunts are reshaping our view of Neanderthal cooperation
11:29
Inked in the Underworld: Maya Tattoo Tools and the Sacred Skin
Two ancient chert blades from a Belize cave provide the first physical evidence of Maya tattooing—and offer a glimpse into how identity, power, and…
10:51
The Teenage Huntress of the Andes
Rethinking Prehistoric Gender Roles in the Early Americas Through a 9,000-Year-Old Burial
12:55
The Mutation That Traveled Through Time
How an ancient gene variant helped humans survive past pandemics—and shields some today from HIV
13:37
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