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AI identifies 3 more 'Nazca Lines' figures in Peru
The deep-learning system is 21 times faster than a human at finding ancient "geoglyphs" in aerial photographs of Peru's Nazca Desert.
When did the Isthmus of Panama form between North and South America?
The linkage of the Americas had outsize impacts globally, and its controversial timing has similarly large implications for science.
Some of the 1st ice age humans who ventured into Americas came from China, DNA study suggests
The first wave of humans into the Americas during the last ice age may have hailed partly from northern China, according to a DNA study of ancient and modern Indigenous people.
Scientists discovered a 2,200-year-old condor poop pile in the Andes. Here's what it told them.
Scientists dug into a 2,200-year-old pile of Andean condor poop to study the species’ diet and changes in habitat.
Ancient marsupial sabertooth had eyes like no other mammal predator
The wide-set eyes and exaggeratingly long teeth likely helped Thylacosmilus atrox become a successful hunter.
'Leonardo DiCaprio' snake with bright orange eyes discovered in Panama jungle
Five species of previously unknown snakes with stunning eyes were discovered in jungle trees, and one was named after Leonardo DiCaprio. But mining threatens them all.
Nazca Lines: Mysterious geoglyphs in Peru
These huge earthen creations in a Peruvian desert depict animals, plants and fantastic creatures.
Nazca child ingested psychoactive cactus just before ceremonial death in ancient Peru
A hair sample from an ancient trophy head found buried in Peru reveals that the victim consumed a psychoactive plant prior to death.
