By: Greg Schmalzel

What if I told you that a completely unknown human species may still be living inside you? Scientists recently found evidence that some people have inherited genetic material from ...

By: Greg Schmalzel

You’ve probably seen the videos of Kilauea’s most recent eruptions. If not, the Hawaiian volcano just finished its 54th eruption episode since 2024. Each episode never ceases to am...

The Sea Peoples, Systemic Collapse, and the End of the Bronze Age

By: Matt Kraemer

Flames spread out across the palace, lapping hungrily at the timbered walls, voraciously expanding outward. From th...

By: Greg Schmalzel

How many species of humans have existed? The answer depends on who you ask. Scientists recognize anywhere from a handful to dozens, because human evolution was never a straight lin...

By: Greg Schmalzel

If you look at New England’s landscapes, it’s easy to imagine that the mountains and rolling hills have always been there. From the Green Mountains stretching through Vermont to th...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Today we will be covering the Oldest Footprints Ever Discovered. From the first steps ever taken by land animals, to giant dinosaurs, ancient Neanderthals, and the absolute oldest ...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Over 100 years ago, archaeologists found something in a Swiss Cave they couldn’t easily explain. Deep inside were the scattered remains of massive ice age bears. But that wasn’t th...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Why did the largest animals on Earth suddenly vanish 13,000 years ago? The planet was once ruled by Ice Age monsters. Woolly mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and giant sloths were bat...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Humans are not like other primates. Despite our genetic similarities to chimps, bonobos, and gorillas, we are seriously different. We’re mostly hairless. Beneath our skin lies a th...

By: Greg Schmalzel

Sitting under an elaborate portico on the waterfront of Plymouth, Massachusetts, sits a granite boulder inscribed with the year 1620. This is Plymouth Rock and its legendary status...

By: Greg Schmalzel

These two artifacts are separated by thousands of miles. And yet, they look almost identical. One comes from the United States, where it’s tied to some of the earliest people in th...

By: Greg Schmalzel

250 million years ago, there was no Atlantic Ocean. If you were standing in New Jersey… you could walk right to Northwestern Africa, probably Morocco. There were no waves or coastl...