Mar 24 2011
Everglades Islands Made of Prehistoric Trash Heaps
By piling mounds of fish remains, turtle bones and other waste, ancient people helped create the Everglades.
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Mar 02 2011
Amelia Earhart Clue Found in Clumps
Clumps found on a remote island where Earhart is thought to have lived as a castaway may be human feces.
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Feb 14 2011
Slaves Hid Charms in Colonial Greenhouse
A plantation greenhouse where Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood was not as uniquely European as once thought.
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Feb 04 2011
Stone Age Fertility Ritual Object Found
Etchings on a carved elk antler dating to nearly 11,000 years ago, suggest it may have been used as a fertility object.
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Jan 27 2011
Ancestors Left Africa Earlier Than Thought
Artifacts found in the Middle East suggest that humans left Africa 100,000 years ago.
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Dec 10 2010
Amelia Earhart’s Finger Bone Recovered?
A tiny bone fragment collected on a remote tropical island could be turtle -- or it could belong to the legendary pilot, researchers say.
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Oct 18 2010
Cavemen Ground Flour, Prepped Veggies
Cavemen were grinding their own flour and preparing vegetables at least 30,000 years ago, suggests evidence.
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Aug 11 2010
Tool Use by Early Humans Started Much Earlier
Small-brained human ancestors used stone tools to whack into large mammals 800,000 years earlier than previously thought.
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Jun 10 2010
Oldest Shoe Preserved in Sheep Dung
The size 7-women's leather lace-up moccasin, with straw padding, could have been worn by a farmer.
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Jun 04 2010
Etruscan House Reveals Ancient Domestic Life
Hailed as "the Pompeii of the Etruscans," the discovery gives an unprecedented look at the daily lives of this ancient people.
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