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Miniature Stonehenge Lets Scientists Hear the Ancient Monument's Acoustics

Findings suggest sound was not the primary focus of the Stonehenge architects.

Tom Metcalfe, Contributor

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200,000 Years Ago, Humans Created Beds of Grass and Ash to Sleep

Ancient site suggests early humans controlled fire and used plants to ward off insects.

Katharine Gammon, Contributor

Two researchers, clothed in protective gear, work to find architects inside a cave in Mexico

Culture

New Research Suggests Humans Arrived in the Americas Much Earlier Than Thought

Artifacts found in a Mexican cave are about 30,000 years old.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor

Culture

Scientists Unearth Oldest Figurine Discovered Yet in China

Bird statuette, recovered from a refuse heap, more than doubles the age of the earliest known animal sculpture from East Asia.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor

Culture

Largest Known Maya Structure Found, More than 4,000 Feet Long and Nearly 3,000 Years Old

New find raises questions regarding size and timing of large settlements in Central America.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor

Human

Humans and Neanderthals May Have Shared Jewelry Designs

Pendants made from cave bear teeth are among the items found with the earliest modern human fossils in a cave in Bulgaria.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor

Culture

Archaeological Findings Suggest New Guinea Began Neolithic Period Independently

New research indicates that new technologies emerged on the island separately from Eurasian innovations.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor

Human

The Final Days of Homo Erectus

New dating of a trove of fossils suggests our cousin hominin went extinct because of climate change.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor

Culture

Muddy Find Shows How Foreign Timber Helped Build Ancient Rome

Wood from the foundation of a 2,000-year-old building in Rome traced to a mountain forest in what is now France.

Charles Q. Choi, Contributor

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