There is a new lead in the case of the missing Peking Man fossils, which were discovered near Beijing in the 1930s. Some of the fossils had been boxed up for transport to the American Museum of Natural History in New York for safekeeping during World War II, but they never arrived, and may have […]

In southwestern Germany, archaeologist Bettina Arnold of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has uncovered evidence of competitive feasting and clothing and adornments worn by Celtic people 2,600 years ago. By encasing blocks of earth in plaster and putting them through a CT scanner, she and her team members have been able to see the fine details of […]