Investigations & syntheses
Long-form, documented and sourced articles connecting discoveries and telling the great transformations of humankind.
Between 500 BCE and 700 CE, Zapotec civilization built Monte Albán on a promontory overlooking the Oaxaca valley. First Mesoamerican city, first writing system of the Americas, first organized astronomy.
Read more →Before the Maya and the Aztecs, the Olmecs established the first great Mesoamerican civilization between 1500 and 400 BCE, leaving behind colossal heads, sacred jade, and a lasting legacy.
Read more →Ancient DNA overturns long-held assumptions: in Peru 9,000 years ago, women were buried with complete hunting toolkits. 41 percent of the studied hunter burials contained female remains.
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