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2018
July
July 13, 2018
Scientists were astounded to discover white-faced capuchins using stone tools to crack open nuts and shellfish on a Panamanian island.
July 13, 2018
According to a recent study, highlighted by Melissa Healy for the Los Angeles Times, g
July 13, 2018
A new study on ancient cultures in Peru has found the most effective growth strategy for leaders of some early city-states was
June
June 21, 2018
An international team of researchers, including Alejandra Ortiz, a postdoctoral researcher with Arizona State University
June 11, 2018
It’s a disclaimer that echoes passionately through the lecture halls of every beginning archaeology course: It’s not like the Indiana Jones movies!
June 7, 2018
More than one-third of American adults and roughly 17 percent of children in the U.S.
June 7, 2018
Keith Kintigh has seen the future of archaeology — and it’s not what you might expect.
May
May 16, 2018
The California clapper rail is a chicken-sized bird with slender legs, brown feathers and a long beak. It makes its home in the salt marshes of the San Francisco Bay.
April
April 24, 2018
DNA — since the world first saw its iconic double helix structure in 1953, it has given scientists a treasure trove of insights into human health and uniqueness.
April 24, 2018
Nik Dave has worked in Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute since he was a sophomore in high school.
April 17, 2018
All over the world, archaeologists are constantly collecting data.
April 11, 2018
Across the world of mammals, teeth come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.
April 2, 2018
On Tuesday, May 8, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University will recognize its highest achieving students from the social sciences, natural sciences and humanities
March
March 30, 2018
On one of the most memorable days of her life, Kaye Reed found herself holding the jawbone of an ancestor who lived 2.8 million years ago.
March 20, 2018
In early March, the Center for Global Health in ASU’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change hosted this year’s Society for Economic Anthropology (SEA) international conference, with participa
March 16, 2018
Arizona has a rich historical legacy, and there’s no better time to appreciate it than in March, when temperate weather combines with opportunity for adventure during Arizona Archaeology and Herita
March 14, 2018
In the 1960s, an archaeologist named René Millon began mapping the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico.
March 12, 2018
Imagine a year in Africa when summer never arrives. The sky takes on a gray hue during the day and glows red at night. Flowers do not bloom. Trees die in the winter.
March 6, 2018
From stately cruise ships to Olympic host cities, recent headline-grabbing outbreaks prove that norovirus — an incapacitating and vaccine-less stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhea — can st
February
February 27, 2018
“A society is defined not only by what it creates, but what it refuses to destroy,” environmentalist John Sawhill said.
February 20, 2018
A 2,000-year-old handprint changed the course of Kelly Knudson’s life.
February 19, 2018
What makes humans special? It's a question mankind has puzzled over for centuries.