A new study shows Syphilis-like diseases were already widespread in America before the arrival of Columbus; it questions the theory that Columbus brought syphilis to Europe
Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas, according to a new study published in Scientific Reports
University of Tübingen computational linguist investigates kinships of the Tupí-Guaraní language family using methods from molecular biology
Genomic analysis shows the Amazon’s Ashaninka people are made up of two subgroups with distinct histories; the study is in the journal Current Biology
Hermann Göring’s Luftwaffe and the $6 billion deal: the lightning-fast occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany in 1940
A network of fish ponds supported a permanent human settlement in the seasonal drylands of Bolivia more than one thousand years ago
A new study uses dendrochronology and historical survey to investigate the effects of societal and demographic changes on forest disturbances in Amazonia
