A millenniums-old settlement in Michigan has archaeologists rethinking the rise of agriculture on the continent.
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There are few things as quintessentially human as the act of teaching. Whether around a campfire, in a workshop, or beside a burial cairn, transmitting ...
Tucked between dense woodlands and rugged rivers, Michigan's Upper Peninsula might seem an unlikely place for ancient agriculture. Yet, beneath the trees ...
At the Fujia archaeological site in eastern China, 5000-year-old graves tell a story that might challenge deep-seated assumptions about how early human ...
By the time anatomically modern humans had ventured into the labyrinth of islands that make up the Philippine archipelago, they were already equipped with ...
In the tropical lowlands and offshore islands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), genetic echoes of ancient voyages still course through living communities. Now, ...
Back in 2014, when I first mentioned to a Keralite that I wanted to speak with older people like Alice whose adult children had migrated abroad, he ...
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For decades, archaeologists have debated the moment our ancestors learned to tame fire—and more importantly, why they did so. Cooking, the story often goes, ...
ByZhitong LiBSc Anthropology Two Chinese international students cross paths in the UK, sparking an exchange of stories that unveil the ...
This post is part of a series on the SEEKCommons project. Read the Introduction to the series to learn more. Sugar, particularly that from sugarcane, takes ...
For years, the story of human evolution in southern Africa has been largely written from its caves. Rock shelters, with their stable conditions and ...
