Indiana Jones and the Last Movie: Why archaeologists say he’s ancient history As the world’s best-known fictional archaeologist goes after what may be his last ancient mystery in “Indiana Jones and the… Read More
Photos: New Burke Museum freshens up age-old Northwest treasures — and adds brand-new ones After a three-year, $99 million construction effort, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is putting the finishing touches… Read More
Scientists argue that humanlike Homo naledi lived alongside our species in Africa The paleontologists who discovered a previously unknown line of human ancestors in South Africa say that they’ve found more fossils… Read More
Tribes lay 9,000-year-old remains of ‘Ancient One,’ a.k.a. Kennewick Man, to rest After more than 20 years, one of anthropology’s most contentious cases was closed over the weekend with the reburial of… Read More
Army Corps of Engineers confirms view that Kennewick Man was Native American The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just ruled that an 8,500-year-old set of skeletal remains known as Kennewick Man or… Read More
Did 5,300-year-old Iceman have an ulcer? Mummy’s gut bacteria surprise scientists An analysis of the stomach contents from a 5,300-year-old European mummy known as Ötzi the Iceman has turned up a double surprise,… Read More
