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The Weakening Muscle: A Neanderthal Legacy Hidden in Our Genes
Ancient DNA Sheds Light on an Unlikely Evolutionary Shift
13:12
From Elk to Emblem: How Rock Art in the Altai Mountains Traced an Animal's Journey Through Cultural Change
Across thousands of years, the elk in Mongolian rock art transformed from majestic animal to stylized symbol. The change speaks volumes about climate…
13:11
Bones, Plagues, and Pigs: How Farming Reshaped Our Immune System
The largest ancient DNA pathogen study ever conducted reveals how domestication and migration changed human health, triggering pandemics that shaped…
11:05
Feasting Before Farming: What Boar Skulls in the Zagros Tell Us About Neolithic Social Life
At a site older than agriculture, isotope data reveals wild boars were carried across mountains for communal feasts—and perhaps, to show where guests…
9:43
The King Beneath the Acropolis: What a 1,600-Year-Old Tomb in Belize Reveals About Maya Power and Foreign Diplomacy
The tomb of Caracol’s first ruler, Te K’ab Chaak, offers new clues about Maya diplomacy, ritual, and empire-building at the edge of Mesoamerica.
11:33
What Genomes Reveal About Ancient Life in the Himalayas
Deep Roots in Thin Air
12:37
The Dogs That Pulled History: A Genetic Chronicle of Greenland's Sled Dogs
How 1,000 Years of Arctic Sled Dogs Reveal the Secrets of Human Migration, Survival, and Coexistence
13:26
Red Stones and Green Routes: How Stone Age Foragers Navigated Beauty, Utility, and Distance in Eswatini
When Color Mattered More Than Convenience in the Ancient Past
11:38
The Lion in the Cave
Neanderthals, carnivore bones, and a new chapter in Paleolithic toolmaking
12:09
A Face from 27,000 Years Ago
Newly discovered Gravettian figurine challenges assumptions about Upper Paleolithic art and identity
10:07
Bones, Bugs, and Bronze Age Baggage: Tracing 37,000 Years of Ancient Disease
A sweeping genomic study maps Eurasia’s oldest pathogens, showing how farming, herding, and migration seeded the infectious world we live in today
17:37
The DNA Clock Versus the Red Sands: Rethinking the Peopling of Sahul
Genetic timelines challenge the 65,000-year-old human arrival in Australia, but archaeology isn't folding
14:45
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