The oldest known bead in the Americas was found at the La Prele Mammoth site, it is about 12,940 years old
Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports
Evidence of ancient breeding of scarlet macaws in today’s New Mexico in the 1100s, according to a study in PNAS Nexus
Oregon State archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas at the Cooper’s Ferry site along the Salmon River, Idaho
Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore; the study has been published on PLoS One
A new research confirms that Powars II, an eastern Wyoming Paleoindian site is Americas’ Oldest Mine; the study has been published on PNAS
Columbus was not the first European to reach the Americas, the Vikings got there centuries before, being already active in 1021 AD
A widely accepted theory of Native American origins coming from Japan has been attacked in a new scientific study, which shows that the genetics and skeletal biology “simply does not match-up”.
A study published in the journal Science traces the evolution of the hepatitis B virus from prehistory to the present, revealing dissemination routes and changes in viral diversity
Two children’s milk teeth from a site in north eastern Siberia have revealed a previously unknown group of people lived there during the last Ice Age
