Science Study: Small-brained hominins used fire, engraved tools and cave walls, and buried their dead Ruben Bolling
archeology Sequencing the genome of a Pompeii resident and solving a 2,000 year old mystery Gareth Branwyn
movies On Raiders of the Lost Ark's 40th anniversary, archaeologists dispel the movie's myths about their field David Pescovitz
your ig nobel is in the mail Knives made of human feces don't actually work, experiment finds Clive Thompson
anthropology Native American tribes vie for control of ancient remains found in Idaho's high desert plains Séamus Bellamy
Cryptozoology U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: "Are we ready for 'Bigfoot" or the Loch Ness Monster?" David Pescovitz
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Reviews Krampus trashes the horror potential of traditional mythology in a film that's neither funny nor scary Al Ridenour
war Research files on El Salvador stolen from human rights group suing CIA over El Salvador Xeni Jardin
burning man Larry Harvey on Burning Man's race gap: 'Black folks don't like to camp as much as white folks' Xeni Jardin