Pre-historic Era


The origin and dispersal of modern humans, Homo sapiens. 

 
 



 
 
 

Pedra Furada, Brazil

 
 
 Kon-Tiki Trip Ends on Pacific Reef; Party Safe After 4,000-Mile Drift Thor Heyerdahl, Anthropologist and Adventurer, Dies at 87

 

Chronological Periods
Peru May Harbor Americas' First City
Why Anthroplogists Study Human Remains
The Ethical Dilemma Facing Conservation
Why Don't We Know When the First People Came to America?
 

ANASAZI
Social Strife May Have Exiled Ancient Indians
Vanished: A Pueblo Mystery
Mystery of Ancient Pueblo Jars Is Solved


Adventurers retrace ancient route in wooden raft
American set to attempt round-the-world trip in reed boat
America's early people may have come by boat from Asia
Ancient Site in Newfoundland Offers Clues to Vikings in America
Bolivian site is dinosaur paradise
Brazilian fossil bears African features, could challenge theories on settlement
Chilean Field Yields New Clues to Peopling of Americas
Chronological Table of Mesoamerican Archaeology
Civilization lost?
Did the Vikings Stay? Vatican Files May Offer Clues
Dinosaur find thought to be longest ever
Dinosaur nesting site yields important fossil discoveries
Early Migrants May Have Come by Land and Sea
Edgar's Mesoamerican Art Page
Fisherman finds remains of prehistoric mammal in Mexican lake bed
GB Online's Mesoamerica
In Chile, Climate Clues to an Ancient People
Monte Verde Revisited
Mesoamerican Photo Archives
New Data Suggests Some Cannibalism By Ancient Indians
New type of dinosaur unearthed in Antarctic
Old Bones Bring Some Currency To a Broken Economy
Spaniard begins reed boat voyage across Pacific
Spanish adventurer crosses Pacific in reed boat
Story of Viking Colonies' Icy 'Pompeii' Unfolds From Ancient Greenland Farm
Study shows Andean record of El Nino for past 15,000 years
Taking the Wind Out of Leif Ericsson's Sails
Tubers' cultural roots drying out in Peru
 

2004
Ancient skeleton found in submerged cave
 

2005
Footprint challenges man's arrival
 

Spanish:
Dinosaurios dejaron huella en Bolivia
Hallan mastodonte en río salvadoreño