Long-buried traces of Denisovan DNA have resurfaced in modern human genomes — and they may still be working for us today.

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Some of the most iconic American Western art is heading to auction at Christie’s in New York. Dozens of pieces from ...

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The proposed Foundations of Western Civilization course reflects the persistent challenge of defining the purpose of history ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting ...

This worldview had the effect of promoting a new kind of antisemitism: hatred of Israel, not Jews. It was a very ...

Poverty Point, a 3,500-year-old earthen mound located in Louisiana, continues to puzzle archaeologists and historians.

Russian Yuri Knorozov cracked the previously undecipherable Maya code, and remarkably, did it long before he ever visited ...

In the Ecuadorian Andes, young Otavalo Indigenous people are using anime to inspire pride in their culture and language ...

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

Archaeologists often seek to understand ancient cultures by studying images left behind on rock faces. While these images ...