Archaeology/Human History

A high-tech dental analysis of a 2-million-year-old hominid from South Africa indicates it had a unique diet that included trees, bushes and fruits. 
Chris Gorski, Editor
Research suggests that ancient granites made advanced life possible.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Trapped dental 'calculus' holds clues to ancient human diets and health.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Ancient ocean chemistry changes may be responsible for remarkable period in the history of life on Earth.
Chris Gorski, Editor
Tool use scarred the bones of their prey, but so did other factors.
Chris Gorski, Editor
A rare astronomical alignment may have doomed the famous ocean liner.
Joel Shurkin, Contributor
Researchers present evidence of sophisticated sonic illusions in ancient sites around the world.
Alan S. Brown, Contributor
Researchers deconstruct the physics of a revered centuries-old process: writing with a fountain pen.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
The strategies of two teams engaged in the early 20th-century race to the pole shape their modern-day legacies.
Peter Gwynne, Contributor
Reconstruction of ancient Arizona eruption shows how local peoples survived, thrived.
Alan S. Brown, Contributor
A new technique offers evidence of early seafaring traders in the Aegean Sea.
Larry O'Hanlon, Contributor
Marine sea-life themes permeate the rock carvings near an abandoned Mormon settlement in the southwestern US.
Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, Contributor