WEIRD HISTORY
Archaeologists think it was occupied by Maya elite more than 1,000 years ago. Parts of Kulubá are already open to the public, and the INAH hopes the newly discovered palace will become accessible “in the medium term.” (Mauricio Marat/INAH) – By Brigit Katz, …
Credit: Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac / RMN Grand Palais. Written by Oscar Holland, CNN – As early cameras began spreading out from Europe in the middle of the 19th century, photography became an increasingly powerful medium for obtaining and disseminating …
In 2019, the human family tree got a little more complicated. By Sarah Sloat – Fifty-thousand years ago, humans’ romantic horizons extended far beyond other boring Homo sapiens. That’s according to a July 2019 study that describes how our ancestors often mated with …
Gladys West is one of the reasons why you can receive driving directions from your phone or tag a photo location on Instagram. By Lauren Mackenzie Reynolds, Neuroscience, McGill University – Whether you are getting driving directions from your phone or tagging …
What she found in a tiny crevice in Gypsum Cave rewrote the history of humans in North America. By Ashley Marranzino, Marine Biology, University of Rhode Island – In the desert near Las Vegas, Nevada, Bertha Parker completed her daily tasks of cooking, cleaning, …
Unalaska Island in the remote Aleutian archipelago was part of an epic, but now mostly forgotten, military campaign during World War II. By John Zada – A remote outpost Situated where the northern Pacific Ocean meets the Bering Sea, the remote US …
Native Americans, English sailors and pirates all came together on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina to create the only American dialect that is not identified as American. By Brian Carlton – (This year, we published many inspiring and amazing stories that made us …
By Mike Rothschild – It’s time to find the real stories behind Christmas legends and holiday myths. With over 2,000 years of history, the Christmas holiday comes with a host of myths, legends, lies, misconceptions, and commonly believed things that are just …
By Anthony Wood – A reconstruction of the ancient female, based on DNA extracted from ancient birch pitch. Illustration by Tom Björklund. – Scientists have successfully extracted a complete human genome from a 5,700-year-old piece of “chewing gum” that was discovered in southern …
The mythical holiday beast is once again on the prowl, but beware, he’s making his way across the Atlantic A man dressed in a traditional Perchten costume and mask performs during a Perchten festival in the western Austrian village of Kappl, November 13, …
