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Ancient footprints upend timeline of humans’ arrival in North America
National News New evidence adds to work showing people made these prints sometime between 21,000 and 23,000 years ago. Footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. National Park Service By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post October 7, 2023 | 10:17 AM Dozens of awe-inspiring ancient footprints left on the shores of an […]
An American tourist is arrested for smashing ancient Roman statues at a museum in Israel
World News The tourist’s lawyer said he was suffering from a mental disorder that psychiatrists have labeled the Jerusalem syndrome. This image released by Israel Police shows two ancient Roman statues toppled at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Israeli police have arrested an American tourist at the museum after he hurled […]
Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans
World News For most of human history, we shared the planet with other kinds of early humans, and those now-extinct groups were a lot like us. Busts of Neanderthal and hominins line a table at the studio of paleoartist John Gurche in Trumansburg, N.Y., Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Along with more fossils and artifacts, DNA […]