Climate Model Suggests Timeline for Migration to North America During the last ice age, the coastal route from Asia to North America was so treacherous, humans likely crossed over only during two-time windows, when environmental factors were more favorable for the long and dangerous journey, a new study finds. The first window lasted from 24,500 … Continue reading Climate Model Suggests Timeline for Migration to North America →

Research Team Identifies Oldest Bone Spear Point In The Americas A team of researchers has identified the Manis bone projectile point as the oldest weapon made of bone ever found in the Americas at 13,900 years. Dr. Michael Waters, distinguished professor of anthropology and director of Texas A&M’s Center for the Study of First Americans, … Continue reading Research Team Identifies Oldest Bone Spear Point In The Americas →

Study Investigates Source of Amazon’s “Dark Earth” Indigenous people in the Amazon may have been deliberately creating fertile soil for farming for thousands of years. At archaeological sites across the Amazon River basin, mysterious patches of unusually fertile soil dot the landscape. Scientists have long debated the origin of this “dark earth,” which is darker … Continue reading Study Investigates Source of Amazon’s “Dark Earth” →

Stone Points Found in Idaho Dated to 15,700 Years Ago Oregon State University archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any previously found in the Americas, helping to fill in the history of how early humans crafted and used stone weapons. The 13 full and fragmentary projectile points, … Continue reading Stone Points Found in Idaho Dated to 15,700 Years Ago →

Archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas Oregon State University archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any previously found in the Americas, helping to fill in the history of how early humans crafted and used stone weapons. The 13 full and fragmentary projectile points, razor … Continue reading Archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas →

Discovered the Oldest Forest in the World, dating back 386 million years Ruins of an ancient forest have been identified at a quarry near Cairo, New York, USA. The fossils have been dated to 386 million years old, making them the oldest known fossils. According to scientists, the new site not only tells us more … Continue reading Discovered the Oldest Forest in the World, dating back 386 million years →

Tlingit Objects Repatriated to Alaska Village Nearing the end of his flight from Seattle to Juneau, Frank Hughes looked out his plane window to the ground below where the outline of the Organized Village of Kake slowly appeared beneath him. An excitement built in him, one that he said made him feel like his heart … Continue reading Tlingit Objects Repatriated to Alaska Village →

14,000-Year-Old Fossilized Poop Among Oldest Traces of Humans in North America For much of the 20th century, the most solid evidence pointing researchers toward who the earliest humans in the Americas were, when they settled and how they lived were 13,000-year-old sharpened stones, known as Clovis points. However, that timeline has been revised in recent … Continue reading 14,000-Year-Old Fossilized Poop Among Oldest Traces of Humans in North America →

Human skeleton Covered in crystals found Intact The Mayans were a civilisation known for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, who date back to as far as 2000BC. Many of their impressive constructions can still be seen in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. Even to this day, archaeologists … Continue reading Human skeleton Covered in crystals found Intact →