Anthropology
These Mammoth Ivory Carvings May Be the “Find of the Year”
They’re 40,000 years old and about the size of your thumbnail
Our Ancient Ancestors in the Middle East Loved Dining on Lizards and Snakes
Reptiles made up a big portion of their diet
Is This the World’s Oldest Image of a Mind‑altering Plant?
A painted panel deep in a Spanish cave may push the human relationship with mind-altering plants back thousands of years, earlier than anything previously known
The Real “Mummy’s Curse” Lurks Online
A booming market for mummified remains poses health risks
Where Human Sleep Went Wrong
A conversation with David Samson, evolutionary anthropologist and author of The Sleepless Ape, about how to sleep
The Extraterrestrial Rings of Bronze Age Greece
Meteorites were hot fashion accessories back then
An Astrobiologist’s Guide to the Best Sci-Fi Reads
Cosmic lesbian necromancers, cyberpunk Canterbury Tales, and so much more
The Odyssey of the Stone Age Maltese
New research points to a seafaring people who ranged far and wide
Pre-Roman Necropolis Reveals Secrets of Iron Age Mediterranean Diets
Spoiler alert: The men ate more meat
The Warrior Life of Ancient Egyptian Princesses
These weren’t your traditional Disney princesses
