1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (531+ words) Learn how a cave’s difficult descent and flooded passage preserved evidence of Zoque rain and fertility rituals in Chiapas, Mexico, for over 1,100 years. To reach the deepest chambers of a cave tucked into a canyon in southern Mexico, archaeologists had…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (470+ words) Learn how animal tooth pendants buried with ancient hunter-gatherers in Latvia may connect to rounded throwing arms, fishing work, and specialized roles before farming. By the time he reached adulthood, a young man later buried on the shore of a…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (697+ words) Learn more about the ancient fossils found at Neumark-Nord and what they reveal about the relationship between migrating elephants and stationary Neanderthals. About 125,000 years ago, the site of Neumark-Nord was a vibrant lakeshore that provided resources for Neanderthals. Today, however,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (589+ words) Learn more about an Mpox outbreak among a group of wild monkeys that consumed a fire-footed rope squirrel, and how the rodent is a natural reservoir for the virus. In early 2023, a troop of wild sooty mangabeys was struck by…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (542+ words) Learn more about the Temasek Wreck, Singapore’s ancient shipwreck that carried a record cargo of Yuan Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain. A trading vessel that sank in the 14th century lay hidden near the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait for centuries. When…...

6+ mon, 48+ min ago   (483+ words) Learn more about the landslide that’s left some homes teetering on the edge of a cliff. The mayor of Niscemi, a small town in Sicily, ordered the evacuation of more than 1,500 people after days of torrential rain triggered a massive…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (662+ words) Learn how volcanic eruptions in 1345 started a chain of events that allowed the plague to enter Europe and start the Black Death. Before the Black Death claimed millions of lives across medieval Europe, its arrival on the continent may have…...

9+ mon, 5+ day ago   (566+ words) Learn more about the giant nameless vulture that likely fed on dead megafauna. The place is called Giant's Path, and it's no coincidence. Remains of local megafauna had already been found in a stream near the city of Canelones, just…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (493+ words) Learn more about the archaeological discovery of an ancient elephant carcass surrounded by hundreds of butchery tools. In modern-day Italy, the closest you will get to an elephant is in a zoo. But 400,000 years ago, a large species of straight-tusked…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (384+ words) Learn more about the bearded vulture, which historically accumulated human-made materials such as strings, baskets, and bolts in the cliffs of southern Spain. Most archaeologists are human — most, though not all, apparently. According to a new analysis in Ecology, the…...