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Researchers Find the Lost "Garden Cities" of the Ancient Amazon

Stone alignments revealed an ancient temple, called Palaspata after the native name for the area. The temple complex is approximately 125 meters long by 145 meters wide — about the size of a city block — and includes 15 quadrangular enclosures arranged around a rectangular inner courtyard. This is a digital reconstruction of the temple. (Image Credit: Jose Capriles/Penn State/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Digital reconstruction of ancient Palaspata temple

Recent archaeological discovery expands our knowledge on complex Indigenous societies in South America.

Ancient Temple Ruins Shed Light on Life of Tiwanaku, a Thriving Pre-Inca Civilization

Older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza, Newgrange is believed to have been built by a farming community that prospered in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, some 5,000 years ago. (Image Credit: Tjp Finn) 


Newgrange

Discover more about Newgrange and the people who were buried there. And what those people can tell us about the elites of Neolithic Ireland. 

Neolithic Ireland Was Likely Not Ruled by Incestuous God-Kings

Humans learned to thrive in a variety of African environments before their successful expansion into Eurasia roughly 50,000 years ago. (Image Credit: Ondrej Pelanek and Martin Pelanek)

African Bush Elephant

Learn more about the new  study which suggests humans had to adapt to different environments within the African continent before being able to successfully migrate out of it. 

Advanced Weapons and Communication Helped Humans Migrate Out of Africa 50,000 Years Ago

chiuhuahua

Learn how ancient dogs followed the earliest farmers in Central and South America, and find out why their original lineage is nearly gone today. 

Early Farming Societies Forged Bonds with Ancient Dogs in the Americas 

(Image Credit: Ryan Garrett/Shutterstock) 

White Sand National Park

Learn about a new study that confirms ancient footprints in New Mexico are over 21,000 years old, rewriting the history of the Americas.

White Sands' Footprints Confirmed as the Oldest Evidence of Humans in the Americas

Neanderthal migration (Image Credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock) 

Neanderthal migration 

Learn more about a new simulation that predicts how Neanderthals migrated from Eastern Europe to Eurasia. 

Mysterious Migration Routes of Neanderthals Between Eastern Europe and Eurasia Revealed

Researchers Find the Lost "Garden Cities" of the Ancient Amazon

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