Recent discoveries in an archaeological site in Mexico sheds new light into the beginning of the Maya civilization, and how ...

Square-shaped skull discovered at Balcón de Montezuma archaeological site in Tamaulipas, Mexico, showing unique cranial modification technique. ( Technical Archive of the Physical Anthropology Section ...

Archaeologists in Mexico uncover ancient square-shaped skulls, revealing unique cranial practices in the Huasteca region.

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Everyone knows about Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, but did you know the U.S. is home to over 130 national monuments just ...

Researchers in Texas have uncovered ancient murals hidden in the limestone shelters of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands. Painted ...

Poverty Point, a 3,500-year-old earthen mound, is a well-researched UNESCO World Heritage Site, but a pair of studies ...

A 3.4-million-year-old Ethiopia foot fossil reveals a new human relative, changing what scientists know about early human evolution.

Fresh research into the spectacular rock art of southwest Texas has revealed that ancient hunter-gatherers maintained a sophisticated belief system for more than four millennia, creating elaborate ...

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The Pecos River murals are a stunning collection of monumental, multicolored rock paintings in limestone rock shelters across ...