Blog Articles

By: Greg Schmalzel

I love archaeology because it’s not just about objects. It’s about people and the world we once experienced. Sometimes it reveals a beautiful world that ancient artists left behind...

By: Greg Schmalzel

When I say the word “Caveman”, what image pops into your head? Do you envision a hairy ape-like man with a club? Maybe you thought of one of the Flintstones characters from the 196...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Archaeologists were wrong about the Amazon. For years, this rainforest was painted as an untouched wilderness, incapable of supporting complex societies. But new tools are revealin...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Why did humans evolve in Africa? Why this continent and not Europe, Asia, or the Americas? Think of the Earth like a giant laboratory. Each continent is a workstation running its o...

By: Greg Schmalzel

What if I told you that Kansas, smack in the center of the United States, once had a shoreline? And beyond that shoreline was an ancient world of creatures long extinct. It sounds ...

By: Greg Schmalzel

What if some of the greatest windows into our ancient past were never found? What if they remained buried, and we never got to experience their beauty or acquire the knowledge they...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Humans have always been fascinated by volcanos. I mean, how could we not be? They’re huge, powerful, and dangerous. We hike them, study them, and try to prepare for their eruptions...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Many years before tie‑dye shirts and LSD electrified San Francisco, ancient vision‑seekers gathered beneath desert skies to chew peyote buttons and journey into altered realms. Fli...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Twelve thousand years ago, South America stood on the brink of collapse. Megafauna like the giant ground sloth and toxodon were vanishing under the invasion of Native American hunt...

By: Greg Schmalzel

When I was a kid, I dreamed of becoming a paleontologist. It’s the first career path I really remember obsessing over. I can remember visiting places like the Museum of Natural His...

By: Greg Schmalzel

What happens when the climate suddenly turns against you and there’s nowhere left to run? A sudden cold snap wipes out your crops. The game disappears. Food stores dwindle, and hun...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Hidden under the wind-blown sands of the Middle East, are the footprints of ancient travelers. Early humans walked these grounds seeking respite, exploring worlds beyond their home...