Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas at New Mexico’s White Sands confirmed in new study published in Science Advances
Ancient DNA reveals new clues about the incredible journey of dogs in the Americas; they went south not with the first hunter-gatherers, but with mobile farming communities
Revelations on the history of leprosy: Leprosy existed in America long before the arrival of Europeans, according to a new study published in Science
Genetic study of native beaked hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) challenges misconceptions about how ancient Indigenous peoples used the land
North American Early Paleoindians almost 13,000 years ago used the bones of canids, felids, and hares to create needles in modern-day Wyoming
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
Climate change threatens thousands of archaeological sites in coastal Georgia. Modelling predicts combined impacts of sea level rise and severe tropical storms
The abundance of European insect invaders may be a result of deliberate introductions of non-native plants into Europe’s colonies
Scientists zero in on timing, causes of Ice Age mammal extinctions in Southern California: a new study published in Science