4+ week, 2+ day ago   (525+ words) Thousands of years ago, communities in Colombia’s Caribbean lowlands built one of South America’s largest water systems. New research shows local groups likely worked together without a powerful ruler directing the work. The pre-Hispanic field systems of La Mojana covered…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (497+ words) Researchers have captured the first close-up views of Quest, the last ship used by famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. The vessel rests deep in the Labrador Sea, where an international team reached the wreck with the crewed submersible Alvin…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (433+ words) A new study from Cyprus suggests pigeons lived alongside humans and were already moving toward domestication nearly 3,400 years ago. The findings push back the earliest direct evidence for pigeon domestication by almost a thousand years and offer a different view…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (552+ words) Archaeology News Online Magazine Why bison hunters abandoned a long-used site 1,100 years ago due to severe droughts For thousands of years, Indigenous hunters on the North American Great Plains relied on bison for food, tools, and materials. Hunting practices shifted…...