New research shows that ancient dogs did not join Indigenous people in Central and South America until farming became popular—especially of maize ...

12 million years ago, a fearsome predator roamed the ancient landscapes of South America. It was a giant, flightless bird popularly known as a “terror bird.” And ...

It's said that the Megatherium or related genera were herbivores and they existed during the Pleistocene epoch (8,000–10,000 ...

"Some of the chapters in this volume were originally part of ... Ancient native Americans, 1978"--Pref. Contents Changing directions in archeological thought / Frank Hole -- Mesoamerica / T. Patrick ...

DNA analysis of ancient remains from Easter Island shows that the population was in fact increasing when Europeans arrived, rather than collapsing as reported by some historical accounts. The results ...

Tens of millions of years ago, South America and Africa were part of the same land mass, an ancient supercontinent called Gondwana. At some point, the two continents we now know started to pull away ...

The tiny, feisty Chihuahua is a relic of sorts. As European settlers arrived in the Americas 500 years ago, their dogs quickly replaced native canines, obliterating detectable genetic traces of ...