Ice Age Babies Surrounded by Weapon Parts Found in Alaska
Unearthed at an ancient hunting camp in Alaska, the infant remains are offering clues to the burial rites of early Americans
This Fifth Grader Found a 14,000-Year-Old Clovis Point, Likely Unearthed From Hurricane Sandy
Noah Cordle was boogie boarding in New Jersey when he came upon an ancient hunting tool
Ten Years On, the Flores “Hobbit” Remains an Evolutionary Puzzle
Why was the 2004 unveiling of a small hominin dubbed Homo floresiensis such a big deal?
Five Conflicts and Collapses That May Have Been Spurred by Climate Change
Earth’s changing climate has been a spectre in centuries of civil conflict and, at times, the collapse of whole civilizations
Unearthing America’s Lawrence of Arabia, Wendell Phillips
Phillips uncovered millennia-old treasures beneath Arabian sand, got rich from oil and died relatively unknown
How Climate Change May Have Shaped Human Evolution
Evidence is building that past climate change may have forged some of the defining traits of humanity
Google Street View Brings Egypt’s Pyramids To A Computer Near You
From ancient citadels to the Great Sphinx, you can now explore Egypt’s wonders in the digital world
Huge Wine Cellar Unearthed at a Biblical-Era Palace in Israel
Residue from jars at a Canaanite palace suggest the ruler preferred his red with hints of mint, honey and juniper
Designers Remake Our Oldest Tool Using Our Newest Tool
More than a million years old, the hand axe is over due for an update
The Kennewick Man Finally Freed to Share His Secrets
He’s the most important human skeleton ever found in North America—and here, for the first time, is his story
What Lies Beneath Stonehenge?
A new Smithsonian Channel show reveals groundbreaking research that may explain what really went on there
Did the Evolution of Animal Intelligence Begin With Tiktaalik?
How one marvelously preserved fossil sheds light on how the vertebrate invasion of land took place
For the First Time Ever, Explore Angkor Wat With Google Street View
With more than 90,000 panoramic images, you can see the stunning Cambodian ruins up close from anywhere in the world
The Remnants of Prehistoric Plant Pollen Reveal that Humans Shaped Forests 11,000 Years Ago
The discoveries could boost indigenous populations’ claims to ancestral lands long thought to be untouched by human activity
The Vikings’ Bad Boy Reputation Is Back With a Vengeance
A major new exhibition is reviving the Norse seafarers’ iconic image as rampagers and pillagers
Bubonic Plague Family Tree Sheds Light on the Risk of New Outbreaks
The Black Death and the Justinian Plague arose separately from the same pathogen. Could a new strain emerge in the future?
How Matera Went From Ancient Civilization to Slum to a Hidden Gem
Once the “shame of Italy,” the ancient warren of natural caves in Matera may be Europe’s most dramatic story of rebirth
The Earliest and Greatest Engineers Were the Incas
Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough treks to Peru to see how Machu Picchu was built
People in Mexico Were Using Chili Peppers to Make Spicy Drinks 2400 Years Ago
New analysis of the insides of ancient drinkware shows chemical traces of Capsicum species, proof positive that its owners made spicy beverages
This Fossil Skull Unearthed in Tibet Is the Oldest Big Cat Ever Found
The fossil belongs to a newly discovered species called Panthera blytheae and is between four and five million years old
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