Genetic study of native beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) challenges misconceptions about how ancient Indigenous peoples used the land
With Indigenous heritage sites under threat, KFN-SFU collaborative study identifies pathways to enforce Nation-led cultural heritage protection
Peaches spread across North America through Indigenous political and social networks and thanks to land use practices
Medieval walrus ivory points to early interactions between Vikings and Indigenous North Americans in the Arctic Ocean
Genetic analysis shows ancient trade routes and path to domestication (outside of its natural distribution) of the Four Corners potato
Indigenous groups in the Pacific Northwest were intentionally harvesting edible camas bulbs at optimal stages of the plant’s maturation as far back as 3,500 years ago
Researchers found unaltered agave plants cultivated by several early cultures including the Hohokam people, from southern Arizona north to the Grand Canyon
Searching for ancient bears in an Alaskan cave led to an important human discovery: Tatóok yík yées sháawat (Young lady in cave), living 3,000 years ago is in fact closest related to present-day Tlingit
DNA from ancient population in Southern China (Maludong or Red Deer Cave in the Yunnan province) suggests Native Americans’ East Asian roots
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
