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March 2, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmFace of ancient human ancestor ‘Little Foot’ reconstructed for the first time“Little Foot” is the most complete…

Just before dawn, in a scene that has repeated itself over thousands of years on the north coast of Peru, fishers drag boats made of bound…

It is unclear why male Neanderthals (artist’s impression) paired off with female Homo sapiens more than the opposite.Credit: S. Entressangle/E. Daynes/SPLPrehistoric sexual proclivities helped to shape…

During the ”snowball Earth” period about 700m years ago, Earth’s climate shut down. The planet was encased in ice and insulated from seasonal variations: spring, summer,…

February 11, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThis ancient South American kingdom ran on bird poopMaize farmers in Peru’s Chincha Valley were fertilizing their…

February 9, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAncient seafarers helped shape Arctic ecosystemsHumans might have been sailing the sea between Greenland and Canada as…

February 10, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmRules of mysterious ancient Roman board game decoded by AIA Roman stone board game has been unplayable…

January 30, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmLost ancient Greek star catalog decoded by particle acceleratorSynchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by…

January 22, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThe bacterium behind syphilis has a far more ancient history than we thoughtTreponema pallidum, a microorganism that…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in…