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Napoleon Chagnon, 81, Controversial Anthropologist, Is Dead

‘Spirits Won’t Rest’: DNA Links Ancient Bones to Living Aboriginal Australians

A Blended Family: Her Mother Was Neanderthal, Her Father Something Else Entirely

Archaeologists Find 3,200-Year-Old Cheese in an Egyptian Tomb

Ancient Romans Hunted ‘Sea Monsters.’ Were They Whales?

The Baby’s Hand Was Mummified. Why Wasn’t the Rest of Its Body?

Bodies Remodeled for a Life at Sea

The Evolution of the Eyebrow

Earliest Known Human Footprints in North America Found on Canadian Island

Ancient Artists Carved Camels in Saudi Desert’s Stone

A Grecian Artifact Evokes Tales From the ‘Iliad’ and ‘Odyssey’

Volcanoes Helped Violent Revolts Erupt in Ancient Egypt

Bronze Arm Found in Famous Shipwreck Points to More Treasure Below

Ruined ‘Apartments’ May Hold Clues to Native American History

Hints of Trigonometry on a 3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Tablet

Fate of Ancient Canaanites Seen in DNA Analysis: They Survived

In a Lost Baby Tooth, Scientists Find Ancient Denisovan DNA

An Aztec Temple Emerges in Heart of Mexico City

How to Make a Mummy (Accidentally)

Humans Lived in North America 130,000 Years Ago, Study Claims