Until now, researchers had only uncovered a few tantalizing hints that humans had reached the American continent by this time ...

The finding adds new urgency to modern concerns. Scientists discover stunning prehistoric event still impacting us today: ...

Largely outshone by fossils of horses, the earliest camels are getting another look from scientists determined to sort out ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

The United States was once home to some of the most incredible creatures ever to walk the Earth. From the bizarre beasts of ...

Analysis of a massive wooden monument has uncovered new secrets of Cahokia, America’s greatest lost civilization.

ANTH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Margery Masinter Foundation Endowment for Illustrated Books. Contents Why waltes was a woman's game / Kevin Leonard -- Playing ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. An exhibit on Prehistoric hunters and ...

While the great Tyrannosaurus rex stalked prehistoric North America, a very different apex predator prowled ancient Argentina: the newly discovered megaraptor Joaquinraptor casali. When ...

A reconstruction of the newly discovered megaraptor Joaquinraptor casali from Argentina with a Cretaceous-era crocodile arm in its mouth. Illustration by Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural ...

A croc bone locked between the 70-million-year-old predator’s jaws gives scientists a rare look into its life and possibly its last feast. A reconstruction of the newly discovered megaraptor ...