How the FBI Discovered a Real-Life Indiana Jones in, of All Places, Rural Indiana
A 90-year-old amateur archaeologist who claimed to have detonated the first atomic bomb was also one of the most prolific grave robbers in modern American history.
Archaeology
Unfreezing the Ice Age: The Truth About Humanity’s Deep Past
Archaeological discoveries are shattering scholars’ long-held beliefs about how the earliest humans organized their societies—and hint at possibilities for our own,
The Skeletons at the Lake
Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there.
The Symbolic Seashell
On the meaning of an ancient practice: collecting seashells.
Perhaps the Best Dinosaur Fossil Ever Discovered. So Why Has Hardly Anyone Seen It?
A Montana rancher found two skeletons in combat—the Dueling Dinosaurs. But who do they belong to, and will the public ever see them?
In Sudan, Rediscovering Ancient Nubia Before It’s Too Late
Reconstructing an ancient African civilization heretofore mostly ignored.
Neanderthals Were People, Too
Did our ancient cousins get a bad rap?
The Case of the Missing Ancestor
A cave in Russia, a long-lost tip of a pinkie bone, and the discovery of a new kind of human being.
