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Secrets from the rainforest’s past uncovered in Amazonian backyards

Carolina Pinheiro 8 May 2024

A short walk through Amazon time: Interview with archaeologist Anna Roosevelt

Peter Speetjens 10 Apr 2024

Ancient ocean water found in Himalayas could offer insights about evolution

Niladry Sarkar 22 Nov 2023
A group of Murujuga custodians formed the group Save Our Songlines to stop the future destruction of rock art using the law.

Australia crackdown on climate protesters grows amid fight against gas project

Tessa Fox 31 Oct 2023
Kuikuro men playing flutes.

The Amazon’s archaeology of hope: Q&A with anthropologist Michael Heckenberger

Peter Speetjens 18 Oct 2023

‘Many features of the Amazon are man-made’: Q&A with archaeologist Eduardo Neves

Peter Speetjens 3 May 2023
Karama River

Sulawesi hydropower dam could flood important archaeological sites

Agus Mawan 14 Dec 2022
A Djouroutou chimpanzee cracks open a panda nut on a wooden anvil. Photo credit: Liran Samuni, Taï Chimpanzee Project

Chimpanzee nut cracking leaves telltale marks on stones, providing clues to human evolution

Kate Hull 13 Dec 2022
Artist's impression of the Nombe kangaroo.

Giant kangaroo fossil points to previously unknown species in New Guinea

Jim Tan 27 Jul 2022

The controversial hunt for a multibillion-dollar treasure in a Chilean park

Barinia Montoya 12 Feb 2021

Humans have been transforming Earth for thousands of years, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Aug 2019

Fire, cattle, cocaine: Deforestation spikes in Guatemalan national park

Max Radwin 21 Jun 2019

New ancient, giant carnivore described from bones in museum drawer

Mongabay.com 19 Apr 2019

New species of ancient human found in a Philippine cave

Shreya Dasgupta 12 Apr 2019

Honduras aims to save vital wildlife corridor from deforestation

Mongabay.com 13 Nov 2018

A Brazilian mourns what was lost in the National Museum fire

Peter Moon 6 Sep 2018

Researchers are looking into the past to help ensure a future for tropical forests

Mike Gaworecki 30 Jul 2018

Pre-Columbian Amazon settlement primarily ate fish — more sustainable?

Claire Salisbury 8 Jul 2016

Discovery of ‘Lost City’ spurs conservation pledge

Jeremy Hance 18 Mar 2015

Drones to scan the Amazon rainforest for hidden civilizations

Mongabay.com 18 Feb 2015

Giant stone face unveiled in the Amazon rainforest (video)

Jeremy Hance 4 Dec 2014

It only took 2,500 people to kill off the world’s biggest birds

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2014

A garden or a wilderness? One-fifth of the Amazon may have been savannah before the arrival of Europeans

Jeremy Hance 9 Jul 2014

By the bones: herring populations were superabundant before commercial fisheries

Nicholas Barrett 9 Jun 2014

Through careful management, indigenous people have shaped Asian rainforests for 11,000 years

Loren Bell 28 Jan 2014

Madagascar occupied by humans 2,500 years earlier than previously thought

Rhett A. Butler 22 Jul 2013

Experts dispute recent study that claims little impact by pre-Columbian tribes in Amazon

Jeremy Hance 5 Jul 2012

Humans drove rainforest into savannah in ancient Africa

Jeremy Hance 9 Feb 2012

Prehistoric Peruvians enjoyed popcorn

Jeremy Hance 18 Jan 2012

Better protection of cultural heritage sites could generate $100B in poor countries

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2010

Destructive farming practices of early civilization may have altered climate long before industrial era

Jeremy Hance 31 Aug 2009

Examining monkey tools: archaeology expands to include non-human primates

Morgan Erickson-Davis 17 Aug 2009

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