A recent genetic study of the remains of fifteen individuals purported to be from the island of Rapa Nui—also known as Easter Island—has revealed that the inhabitants of the island had pre-colonial contact with the Peoples of South America, and also has dispelled a long-standing idea that the Rapanui had causedread more
A re-examination of a two hundred-year-old rock painting in South Africa has revealed that the culture that produced the images may have been aware of a creature that lived over 260 million years ago, one that was a part of Indigenous folklore long before its discovery by modern paleontologists inread more
The remains of a previously lost civilization have been uncovered in the dense rainforests of Ecuador, consisting of extensive earthworks, irrigation canals, roads and cities that may have been populated by hundreds of thousands of people. What’s more, this civilization appears to have existed between 3,000 and 1,500 years ago,read more
A team of archeological and geological experts studying Indonesia’s ancient megalithic site of Gunung Padang have discovered evidence that artificial structures at least as old as—and possibly even older than—Turkey’s Göbekli Tepe, buried deep below the terraces that adorn the face of the earthwork pyramid. Located in Indonesia’s province ofread more