A mysterious Middle Pleistocene skull from a Chinese well has inspired debate among paleoanthropologists
Mesopotamians turned a community tomb on the Euphrates into a battle monument
Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian burial ground. A special report produced with Smithsonian Channel
Forty years later, archaeologists look back at what the first Indiana Jones movie got wrong about their profession
A new study of fish remains deepens scholars' understanding of how the dietary laws came to be
Two authors ask readers to change their understanding of what science is and who gets to participate
The centuries-old history of titanium white
The unearthing of a tiny child suggests Africa’s Stone Age humans sometimes practiced funerary rites and had symbolic thoughts about death
Genome sequencing shows some individuals share family ties with surprising populations, and all boast plenty of Neanderthal relatives
Check out tapestry weaving, lunch with a curator and virtual study tours produced by the world’s largest museum-based educational program
Scholar Monica Green combined the science of genetics with the study of old texts to reach a new hypothesis about the plague
The shell was played for the first time in millennia after being rediscovered in the collections of a French museum
New studies show that shark meat may have constituted half of their diet and that the beasts' teeth were used as arrow tips and razor blades
One of the greatest archaeological finds in British history, the Anglo-Saxon burial changed historians' view of the Dark Ages
Scientists share the findings that helped them pinpoint key moments in the rise of our species
The new discovery builds upon the knowledge passed down by generations of Indigenous communities about the clash from two centuries ago
New scholarship points to a paradox of historic scope: Our writing system was devised by people who couldn’t read
A legal battle brews over access to some of the world's largest human-made structures of their kind
Smithsonian’s archaeologist Ella Beaudoin and paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner reveal some of the year’s best findings in human origins studies
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