Nevada Petroglyphs Are the Oldest in North America, Study Finds

Nevada’s ‘Peace Camp,’ The Last Site of Its Kind, Reveals History of Cold-War Protests

July 13, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 14225 5

It was visited by scientists and celebrities, from Carl Sagan to Martin Sheen. It was the year-round home of less famous activists for decades. And it was nearly lost, until…

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‘Mysterious’ Winchester Rifle From 1882 Found Leaning Against Tree in Nevada National Park

January 17, 2015 —by Blake de Pastino 25868 9

Archaeologists surveying the remote reaches of Nevada‘s Great Basin National Park came upon a tantalizing find from the Old West — a weathered, 132-year-old Winchester repeating rifle, discovered propped up against a juniper tree, just…

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Nevada Petroglyphs Are the Oldest in North America, Study Finds

August 14, 2013 —by Blake de Pastino 12297 1

Inscrutable symbols etched on a limestone boulder in western Nevada — herringbone patterns, series of pits, and chain-like links — are the oldest known petroglyphs in North America, scientists say….

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Nevada’s ‘Peace Camp,’ The Last Site of Its Kind, Reveals History of Cold-War Protests

‘Mysterious’ Winchester Rifle From 1882 Found Leaning Against Tree in Nevada National Park

Nevada Petroglyphs Are the Oldest in North America, Study Finds

700,000-Year-Old Horse Found in Yukon Permafrost Yields Oldest DNA Ever Decoded

At 50, Ring-Tab Beer Cans Are Now Officially Historic Artifacts

16,000-Year-Old Tools Discovered in Texas, Among the Oldest Found in the West

Wyoming Wildfire Reveals ‘Massive’ Shoshone Camp, Thousands of Artifacts

New Dinosaur Found in Montana Reveals Tyrannosaurs’ True Face (They Didn’t Have Lips)

First-Ever Fossil Poop Excavated From L.A.’s La Brea Tar Pits

New Feathered Dinosaur From New Mexico Was Among the ‘Last of the Raptors’

America’s Earliest Traces of Potato Use Found at 10,900-Year-Old Utah Shelter

Rock Art in Chaco Canyon May Depict Ancient Solar Eclipse, Experts Say

World’s Best-Preserved Armored Dinosaur, a ‘Mona Lisa’ of Fossils, Found in Alberta