Archaeology/Human History

Appalachian cave art may explain Mound people's universe.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Changes in the environment likely made life too difficult for Peru's Moche.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Exceptional fossils provide vision of how 390-million-year-old animals stayed out of sight.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
First artificial ink is still blue, but now known to emit near-infrared rays when irradiated with light.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Genomes and language provide clues on the origin of Homer's classic.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Mouse study shows relationship between exercise and size of the brain.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Finding may overturn previous notions about human ancestors' diets.
Ker Than, Contributor
The climate is a big topic in San Francisco this week at the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting.
Chris Gorski, Editor
War, available resources, determined the invention of instruments.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Multi-use tools may shed light on common ancestor.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Harry Potter is fictional, but Achilles and Beowulf -- perhaps not.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Accidents in ancient bakeries produced 8,000 years of brew.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor