Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
A cache of ancient hunting tools discovered in a remote cave near Marfa, Texas, is revealing new facts about the lives and ingenuity of prehistoric North Americans. Archaeologists believe the 6,500-year-old weapons kit, including intricately crafted wooden darts, a spear…
A groundbreaking study published in the journal PNAS is overturning traditional wisdom regarding the origins and inevitability of wealth inequality. Based on a massive dataset of over 50,000 houses in some 1,000 archaeological sites worldwide, the study suggests that economic…
A recent study reveals that the bond between humans and canines in the Americas dates back at least 12,000 years—2,000 years earlier than previously believed. Conducted by a team led by Dr. François Lanoë, an assistant research professor at the…
Researchers have uncovered the first direct evidence that the Clovis people, a prehistoric group who lived in North America around 13,000 years ago, primarily relied on mammoths and other large animals as their main food source. A study, published in…
Archaeologists in Arizona have unearthed a bronze cannon linked to the 16th-century expedition of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, marking the oldest firearm ever found in the continental United States. The cannon, a sand-cast bronze piece measuring 42 inches long and…
In a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE, Brazilian researchers from the University of São Paulo’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (MAE-USP) have revised the historical narrative of human occupation along Brazil’s coast. This research, involving collaboration with…
A recent study published in American Antiquity by researchers from the University of Iowa revealed that the first English settlers to arrive in North America resorted to eating indigenous dogs to survive an extreme period of starvation. The study, conducted…
A DNA study, led by members of the Blackfoot Confederacy and researchers from various U.S. universities, reveals that the Blackfoot Confederacy shares a genetic heritage dating back 18,000 years to the last ice age, providing compelling evidence for their deep-rooted…
