15 Items Tagged

Anthropology

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Monumental Stone Sphere

A perfectly crafted Pre-Columbian artifact dating back to 600 CE.

Huancavelica Province, Peru

Santa Barbara Mine Ruins

Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”

Pigeons were included in a series of 1891 illustrations entitled “Household Pets.”

What Makes a Pest a Pest?

Cats and rats both hunt endangered species. So why do we love one and hate the other?

The Podcast Team July 7, 2025

Bontoc, Philippines

Ganga Caves

These caves are full of coffins, but we can't say who the bodies belong to.

In Pompeii, four individuals who perished together were long thought to be a mother, father, and their two children. New research says otherwise.

In Pompeii, the Dead Have New Stories to Tell

What we got wrong about some of the ancient city's most famous victims.

Roxanne Hoorn November 11, 2024

A glorious night sky seen through Owachomo Bridge in Utah's Natural Bridges National Monument, which was named the world's first International Dark Sky Park in 2007.

Archaeologists Explore Life After Dark in the Ancient Night

Studying our ancestors' nocturnal lives reveals the value of reclaiming darkness.

Nancy Gonlin and April Nowell October 7, 2024

World’s Oldest Human Footprint Found in South Africa

The ichnofossil, or trace fossil, is more than 150,000 years old.

Charles Helm and Andrew Carr August 19, 2024

The first skull fossil from Jebel Irhoud, found by a miner in the early 1960s, was initially thought to belong to a Neanderthal.

Where Did Humans Evolve? (Probably Not Where You’re Thinking)

For decades, East Africa was considered the birthplace of our species. Fossils from Morocco suggest otherwise.

Gemma Tarlach February 22, 2024

Tucson, Arizona

Mission Garden

A living museum of curated gardens honors 4,000 years of agriculture in the Santa Cruz River basin.

An abandoned tank on Flamenco Beach

Abandoned U.S. Navy Tanks Litter This Beach in Puerto Rico

The beach was used by Navy pilots for bombing target practice.

The Podcast Team July 29, 2025

Barranquilla, Colombia

Museo MAPUKA

Explore the rich history of Colombia's Indigenous peoples.

Martinique's vibrant dance tradition includes bèlè, which participants have described as an "otherworldly" experience.

Martinique's Bèlè Dance Is a Celebration of Land, Spirit, and Liberation

For centuries, the Caribbean island's tradition has been a symbol of resistance, healing, and empowerment.

Camee Maddox-Wingfield June 6, 2022

These Neronian points have no equivalent technology among the Neanderthal groups that lived before and after the arrival of the first modern humans in Grotte Mandrin.

How a Baby Tooth and Soot Rewrote the Story of Humans in Europe

Modern humans arrived in Southern France—deep in Neanderthal territory—10,000 years earlier than thought.

Ludovic Slimak February 14, 2022

Students in a new paleoanthropology master’s program—co-led by the Turkana Basin Institute and Turkana University College—visit Kenya's Kokiselei archaeological site.

East Africa's New Generation of Human Evolution Researchers

In a region central to the study of human evolution, a new program focuses on training more African students.

Linda Nordling December 13, 2021

Part of the collection at the Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology.

Prague, Czechia

Hrdlička Museum of Anthropology

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.