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Stalactites and stalagmites in a cave
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Sooty Layers in Stalagmites Record Human Activity in Caves

by Katherine Kornei 16 February 202118 April 2022

Scientists analyzing cave formations in Turkey find layers of soot and charcoal in stalagmites, revealing that humans—and their fires—occupied caves thousands of years ago.

Researchers walk atop the banks of an ancient canal in the Kazakh desert.
Posted inNews

Drought, Not War, Felled Some Ancient Asian Civilizations

by Richard J. Sima 28 January 202129 September 2021

Radiocarbon dating, luminescent sand grains, and climate records point to drought as the reason for the civilizations’ demise.

Close-up photo of tree rings
Posted inNews

Tree Rings Reveal How Ancient Forests Were Managed

by Katherine Kornei 22 January 202121 July 2022

By analyzing thousands of oak timbers dating from the 4th to 21st centuries, scientists have pinpointed the advent of a forest management practice.

A mud brick wall marked with labels and measurements
Posted inNews

Earth’s Magnetic Field Holds Clues to Human History

by A. McBride 11 December 202028 October 2021

Items burned in the sacking of ancient cities are time capsules of geomagnetic data.

An artist’s depiction of early modern humans living amid the grasslands of the Paleo-Agulhas Plain
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A Lost Haven for Early Modern Humans

by K. Braun 14 October 202015 April 2022

Sea level changes have repeatedly reshaped the Paleo-Agulhas Plain, a now submerged region off the coast of South Africa that once teemed with plants, animals, and human hunter–gatherers.

The ancient Roman theater of Tiberias looks out over the Sea of Galilee.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ancient Ruins Reveal 8th Century Earthquake in Sea of Galilee

by Joshua Learn 5 October 202011 May 2022

Research into past seismic activity shows northeast Israel is still vulnerable to large quakes.

Illustration of Stone Age villagers shielding their eyes from a nearby airburst
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Armagedón a 10,000 A.C.

by Javier Barbuzano 4 June 20202 February 2022

Fragmentos de un cometa probablemente golpearon la Tierra hace 12,800 años, y una pequeña aldea del Paleolítico en Siria podría haber sufrido el impacto.

Large outrigger canoe silhouetted against an orange Hawaiian sky
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Humans Colonized Polynesia Much Earlier Than Previously Thought

by Richard J. Sima 13 May 20204 October 2021

Evidence from mud, charcoal, and feces suggests humans arrived in East Polynesia during the driest period in 2 millennia.

Illustration of Stone Age villagers shading their eyes from a nearby airburst
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Armageddon at 10,000 BCE

by Javier Barbuzano 30 March 20202 February 2022

Fragments of a comet likely hit Earth 12,800 years ago, and a little Paleolithic village in Syria might have suffered the impact.

Thick pine forest of Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Cape Cod, Mass.
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New England Forests Were Historically Shaped by Climate, Not People

by Rachel Fritts 28 February 20209 May 2022

A first-of-its-kind study combining paleoecology and archeology indicates that the New England landscape was not actively managed with fire prior to European arrival.

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