Cahokia was the largest pre-columbian settlement north of Mexico. It collapsed centuries before Europeans arrived in the region. What happened?

Humans may have inhabited the Americas much longer than initially suspected. But questions like who these people were remain unanswered.

Kennewick Man is indeed most closely related to modern Native Americans. New results bolster the argument for repatriation and reburial.

Scientific methods such as the DNA testing are associated with forensic science, but they are just as useful for archaeology as for criminology.

Readings on the Paleoindian period.

Eugenie Clark, the oceanographer known as the "shark lady" has died at 92.