Analysis of the shape of the “Hobbit” skull has led Karen Baab of the Department of Anatomical Sciences at Stony Brook University to conclude that Homo floresiensis is a new species. She and her team suggest that the Hobbit was most likely a descendant of a species of archaic Homo in the online edition of […]

Natural disasters drove the people of the Supe Valley away from the Peruvian coast 3,600 years ago, according to a Peruvian and American team of archaeologists. The Supe fished with nets; grew fruit, vegetables, and cotton; and built stone pyramids for 2,000 years before their society collapsed. Runoff from heavy rains has deposited sand on […]