As well as having long-lasting consequences for Native Americans to this day, the bison population of North America was ...

Ancient seas left an expanse of rolling gypsum dunes known as White Sands in New Mexico, and within this surreal landscape lies evidence that humans have roamed the Americas for at least 20,000 years.

New research in New Mexico uncovered mammoth bones with butchery marks dating back nearly 38,000 years—over 20,000 years earlier than previously thought. CT scans revealed deliberate cuts and fire use ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric tons) — and when startled, they brandished immense claws.

FLORIDA (CNN) – It’s a discovery likely to rewrite the story of the southeastern United States. Stone tools and mastodon bones found at the bottom of a Florida river point to humans living in the ...

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have now confirmed that humans roamed North America 23,000 years ago. The ...

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Humans were present in North America 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Arizona have analysed fossilised footprints found at ...