Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more ...

An 800-year-old mummy buried in South America was found to have particularly unique tattoo designs inked into its face. For […] ...

That would mean humans first arrived in North America thousands of years before we thought. Most experts believe humans first arrived in North America between 15,000 and 20,000 years ago. North and ...

The team uncovered 189 artifacts in total ... Scientists first believed that the ancient human settlers of North America and South America were the Clovis people, who arrived in the Americas ...

An ancient woman’s recently discovered, richly adorned gravesite is helping archeologists better understand the complex gender relationships in South America’s oldest known civilization.

Researchers have found evidence of butchery marks on the back of an ancient armadillo-like animal, suggesting humans were in South America 20,000 ... looking for artifacts along the riverbank.

The site, which was accidentally unearthed by local clay miners, also contained the bones of at least 24 human individuals and artifacts ... pieces of ancient South American communities.

North and South America were the last inhabited continents ... and three of those dated to around 22,000 years ago. Dating ancient artifacts like this is tricky and is often the source of ...