Beringia

Ancient horse populations crossed over the Bering Land Bridge in both directions between North America and Asia multiple times during the Pleistocene.

21 May, 2021 - 23:03 Nathan Falde

Revealing Study Tracks DNA of Horse Populations Across the Land Bridge

The genetic connections between ancient horse populations living on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean were more extensive than previously believed, new research has revealed. Past theories had...

Original position of the skeletal remains inside submerged cave of Muknal. Source: Jerónimo Avilés /© 2020 Hubbe et al CC BY 4.0

30 January, 2020 - 18:55 ashley cowie

First Americans Were More Diverse Than Thought

Scientists are claiming current theories “over-simplify” how the Americas were populated. Most of us were taught that the Americas were void of humans until around 13,000 years ago and authors like...

Two men found at the Yana Rhinoceros Horn Site in northern Siberia in Russia date to about 32,000 years ago, providing the earliest direct evidence of humans in the region. Source: Elena Pavlova

6 June, 2019 - 14:05 ashley cowie

Ancient Origins Of North Americans Settled - And Hard Evidence Of “Russian” Collusion Unearthed

For at least the last century archaeologists and anthropologists have generally agreed that the first humans arrived in North America having struggled across the icy wastes of Beringia, a vast land...

Finger bone fragment containing Denisovan DNA. Source: Thilo Parg / CC BY-SA 3.0.

18 May, 2019 - 18:49 Glenn Dahlem

Did the Denisovans Walk to North America?

For a people from whom one 41,000 year old finger bone fossil from a nine year old girl, along with a bracelet she wore, were (until recently) the only authenticated known artifacts, the mysterious...

Stolbovoy Island, it would have been connected to the mainland. Source: Ilya Kravchenko (via Siberian Times)

17 August, 2018 - 14:00 ancient-origins

Are These Tools Left by Paleolithic Travelers on the Beringia Land Bridge?

By The Siberian Times reporter Excavations are to be made after the discovery of evidence indicating the world’s most northerly paleolithic site on this remote island off the Arctic coast of Yakutia...

Map of the Americas circa 1619. Insert: Paleoamerican skull from Burial 1, Lapa do Santo site, Brazil.

23 February, 2017 - 22:48 Mark Miller

Skull Analysis Concludes the Americas Were Settled by More than One Wave of Migrants

Has there ever been a more exciting adventure than when humans spread out across the globe with their primitive tools and not so much as a hand-drawn map? A new study of cranial shapes of prehistoric...

16 January, 2017 - 14:47 aprilholloway

24,000-Year-Old Butchered Bones Found in Canada Change Known History of North America

Archaeologists have found a set of butchered bones dating back 24,000 years in Bluefish Caves, Yukon, Canada, which are the oldest signs of human habitation ever discovered in North America. Until...

Illustration of Paleoindians during a burial.

11 December, 2016 - 03:40 Kerry Sullivan

Children of the Upward Sun River: 11,500-Year-Old Remains Shed Light on Alaska’s Earliest Inhabitants

Upward Sun River is the name of an archeological site found in the Tanana River Valley in the interior of Alaska. The site was made famous in 2010 with the discovery of the remains of a young girl...

Deriv; Dramatic view from Mount Saint Helena, California (CC BY-SA 4.0), and photo of a Pomo native in a tule boat, circa 1924.

12 November, 2016 - 03:51 Gene Paleno

Ancient Age: The Coming of the Amerindians

A hundred and forty million years ago, Lake County, a part of Northern California, began with another of the ear-splitting rumbles that were a part of a continuing grand archaeological planet-wide...

DNA, land bridge, Beringia, Ice Age, Americas, genetics, South America, humans, Paleoamerican, Naia, Luzia, skeletons, archaeology

5 September, 2016 - 03:50 Clyde Winters

Did Paleoamericans Reach South America First?

In “ Textbook Story of How Humans Populated America is Biologically Unviable, Study Finds ” , recently published in Ancient Origins, it was noted that DNA studies indicate that people could not have...

"The Last Days of Tenochtitlan, Conquest of Mexico by Cortez", a 19th-century painting by William de Leftwich Dodge.

3 April, 2016 - 00:44 ancient-origins

Genes of 92 prehistoric Native Americans give further evidence of a terrible holocaust

The genocide of Native Americans is considered by many to be the worst of any in history—outstripping the later Jewish and Roma Holocaust by as much as an order of magnitude. Now a study of the...

The tiny remains were found at the ancient Upward Sun River site in Alaska, USA.

27 October, 2015 - 20:45 lizleafloor

Rare Bones and DNA of tiny children surprise scientists, support ideas about migration into the Americas 11,000 years ago

The small bodies of infants buried in an ancient campsite in the wilds of Alaska have given researchers a surprising and unprecedented look into the lives of prehistoric peoples and the ancient...

28 February, 2014 - 02:24 aprilholloway

Did first Americans make a 10,000-Year Pit Stop on Beringian land bridge?

It has long been debated whether the first human settlers of the New World arrived by walking over a land bridge across the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska, or whether they arrived by sea from...

Myths & Legends

Magical landscape within the Arctic Circle. Source: Feel good studio / Adobe Stock

Arctic Circle Anomalies: Archaeological Insight Under the Permafrost

The Arctic Circle is the farthest northern of the five major circles of latitude on the planet. It marks the northernmost point at which the center of the noon sun is just visible on the winter solstice. During the summer solstice, the heart of the midnight sun is just visible at the southernmost point.

Ancient Greek Legend Seems to Describe a Place in Peru: Early Contact?

The Romulus Riddle: Did the Legendary First King of Rome Really Exist?

The Last of the Siberian Unicorns: What Happened to the Beasts of Legend?

The Truth About the Holy Grail: Magical Chalices Around the World

The Ignored Prophet of Doom: The Curse of Cassandra of Troy

Human Origins

Panspermia – The Idea That Life Came From The Stars

The astronomer Carl Sagan once said that the question of the nature of life on Earth and the question of whether life can be found beyond Earth are two sides of the same question. In the case of...

The Truth About the Holy Grail: Magical Chalices Around the World

The Controversial Lapedo Child – A Neanderthal / Human Hybrid?

Is There Scientific Evidence for the Exodus?

Controversy at Hueyatlaco: When Did Humans First Inhabit the Americas?

Thoth’s Storm: New Evidence for Ancient Egyptians in Ireland?

Ancient Technology

The Disc of Sabu: Ancient Egyptian Water Pump or Alien Hyperdrive?

There is no doubt that the Ancient Egyptian civilization is filled with wonders and mysteries beyond our comprehension. An exceptionally old culture that reaches far back to the early dawn of man’s...

Mysterious GodSelf Icon Found Worldwide: Lost Symbol of an Ancient Global Religion?

Did Egyptian Mummification Descend from a More Ancient and, Perhaps, Reversible Preservation Technique?

Norimitsu Odachi: Who Could Have Possibly Wielded This Enormous 15th Century Japanese Sword?

1,200-Year-Old Telephone, Amazing Invention of the Ancient Chimu Civilization

Ancient Journeys: What was Travel Like for the Romans?

Ancient Places

The Colossal Hand of Hercules, So Where is the Rest of Him?

The Hand of Hercules is the name given to a massive fragment of an ancient statue that was unearthed by archaeologists in Amman, the capital of Jordan. This fragment is believed to have once been a...

Built to Last: The Secret that Enabled Roman Roads to Withstand the Passage of Time

Two of Europe’s Biggest Cairns are About to Be Buried in Trash

The Monumental Fall of Babylon: What Really Shattered the Empire?

Arkaim: Aryans, Advanced Astronomy and Untold Secrets of a Russian Citadel

Arctic Circle Anomalies: Archaeological Insight Under the Permafrost

Opinion

Haunting and beautiful Middle-Earth-like elves by artist

Icelanders Believed in Elves, But it is Probably Not What You Think

Icelanders believe in elves. They refuse to begin major construction projects unless they consult with elves first. They lobby their politicians on behalf of elf colonies. They run “elf schools” and...

Did Egyptian Mummification Descend from a More Ancient and, Perhaps, Reversible Preservation Technique?

Mysterious GodSelf Icon Found Worldwide: Lost Symbol of an Ancient Global Religion?

The Underwater City of Cuba: A New Theory on its Origins – Part I

Thoth’s Storm: New Evidence for Ancient Egyptians in Ireland?

Mount Shasta: Mystery Mountain and Sacred Destination

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Beringia

Revealing Study Tracks DNA of Horse Populations Across the Land Bridge

First Americans Were More Diverse Than Thought

Ancient Origins Of North Americans Settled - And Hard Evidence Of “Russian” Collusion Unearthed

Did the Denisovans Walk to North America?

Are These Tools Left by Paleolithic Travelers on the Beringia Land Bridge?

Skull Analysis Concludes the Americas Were Settled by More than One Wave of Migrants

24,000-Year-Old Butchered Bones Found in Canada Change Known History of North America

Children of the Upward Sun River: 11,500-Year-Old Remains Shed Light on Alaska’s Earliest Inhabitants

Ancient Age: The Coming of the Amerindians

Did Paleoamericans Reach South America First?

Genes of 92 prehistoric Native Americans give further evidence of a terrible holocaust

Rare Bones and DNA of tiny children surprise scientists, support ideas about migration into the Americas 11,000 years ago

Did first Americans make a 10,000-Year Pit Stop on Beringian land bridge?

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