Scientists have determined that the skeletal remains discovered in Peru near the city of Chiclayo belonged to a high-status woman who was a priestess in the Lambayeque or Sican culture. She had been buried with seven other individuals, a llama, and a variety of objects, including a golden scepter, shells, and ceramics. She was between […]

Kevin Hatala of George Washington University compared the 1.5 million-year-old footprints uncovered in Kenya at the Ileret site with footprints made by 38 Daasanach herders now living in Kenya who don’t wear shoes. His findings suggest that the hominid that left the prints may have had a gait different from modern humans. The footprints may […]