A new study claims that humans were hunting in California 130,000 years ago, but skeptics abound.
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World’s Oldest Bed Bugs Found in Oregon Cave Where Ancient Americans Slept
Archaeologists have found the remains of bed bugs dating back 11,000 years — the oldest ever — in an Oregon cave thought to be among the earliest known sites of human habitation in the West.
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Bones in Yukon Cave Show Humans in North America 24,000 Years Ago, Study Says
A close look at bones found in a Yukon cave may confirm a controversial finding made decades ago: that humans arrived in North America 10,000 years earlier than many experts believe.
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Ice Age Fire Pits in Alaska Reveal Earliest Evidence of Salmon Cooking
Fire pits in Alaska, dated to at least 11,800 years old, have revealed the earliest evidence of salmon cooking in the New World.
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12,000-Year-Old Camp Found in Utah May Have Experts “Adjusting Their Theories”
An Ice Age hunting camp being excavated west of Salt Lake City is the first archaeological find of its kind, for several reasons, researchers say.
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16,000-Year-Old Tools Discovered in Texas, Among the Oldest Found in the West
A half-hour north of Austin, researchers have discovered evidence of human occupation dating back up to 16,700 years, including human teeth and more than 90 stone tools.
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Ancient Seafarers’ Tool Sites, Up to 12,000 Years Old, Discovered on California Island
Archaeologists have turned up evidence of some of the oldest human activity in coastal Southern California, just off the coast of Ventura County.
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Ancient Grave of Teenage Girl May Reveal Secrets of Southwest’s Earliest Farmers
Archaeologists hope that a teenage girl buried 3,200 years ago in the borderlands of northern Mexico may help unlock the story of the first farmers in the Greater Southwest.
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Nearly 20 Stone-Tool Sites, Dating Back Up To 12,000 Years, Discovered In Nevada
An hour and half from Las Vegas, archaeologists have discovered 19 sites scattered with stone points, biface blades, and other artifacts that date back as much as 12,000 years.
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Nearly 9,000 Artifacts Uncovered in California Desert, Spanning 11,500 Years of History
Archaeologists exploring a military base in southern California have uncovered nearly 9,000 artifacts dating back as much as 13,000 years, shedding new light on human history in the Mojave Desert.
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Ancient Human Footprints Found on Canadian Island May Be Oldest in North America
Tracks left along an ancient shore by a man, a woman, and a child on a remote island off the coast of British Columbia may prove to be the oldest known…
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11,500-Year-Old Bison Butchering Site Discovered in Oklahoma
A stretch of floodplain in northwestern Oklahoma, already known for its profusion of prehistoric hunting sites, has turned up new find: a scatter of butchered bison bones dating back nearly…
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Over 1,000 Ancient Stone Tools, Left by Great Basin Hunters, Found in Utah Desert
An array of stone tools discovered in northern Utah — including the largest instrument of its kind ever recorded — may change what we know about the ancient inhabitants of…
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