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Viral YouTube Ad Plays Through History

Posted by DNews Editors Thu May 10, 2012 12:39 PM ET | 0

You can explore history with a hunter and a bear in this viral YouTube ad. It's seriously fun. Read more

Columbus May Have Found Syphilis in The New World

Posted by Emily Sohn Thu Jan 5, 2012 08:00 AM ET | 0

The transmission of diseases from Old World to New may have been a two-way street. Read more

Thanksgiving's Cultural Cousins

Posted by Tim Wall Mon Nov 21, 2011 02:21 PM ET | 0

Thanksgiving is hardly the only autumn festival celebrating family and the Earth's bounty. Read more

Shells Show How Children Imitated Parents

Posted by Rossella Lorenzi Mon May 16, 2011 10:52 AM ET | 0

The beads made from the tiny Olivella shell served as currency among the Chumash before the arrival of Europeans in Southern California. Read more

Custer's Last Flag Hits Auction Block: Big Pic

Posted Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:35 AM ET | 0

The flag, one of the few remnants of Gen. George Armstrong Custer's legendary defeat, is expected to fetch $2 million to $5 million. Read more

Vikings Possibly Carried Native American to Europe

Posted Wed Nov 17, 2010 01:25 PM ET | 0

Medieval texts suggest the Vikings arrived in the New World more than 1,000 years ago. Read more

Pocahontas' Wedding Site Found

Posted by Liz Day Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:47 AM ET | 0

Archaeologists believe they have finally discovered the Jamestown church where a 19-year-old Pocahontas married her tobacco farmer husband. Read more

Genocide Wiped Out Native American Population

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Mon Sep 20, 2010 07:00 AM ET | 0

Physical traces of ethnic cleansing that took place in the early 800s suggest the massacre was an inside job. Read more

Native Americans Left Carbon Footprints

Posted by Larry O'Hanlon Thu Apr 29, 2010 07:00 AM ET | 0

Early Americans tinkered with the forests by wielding the most powerful tool they had available: fire. Read more

New Dinosaur Might Have Been Buried Alive

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Tue Mar 23, 2010 08:01 PM ET | 0

Fossils of a new dinosaur have frozen the animal during its final moments. Read more

Stone Age Siberians Settled in Greenland

Posted Wed Feb 10, 2010 02:55 PM ET | 0

Before there was Christopher Columbus or Leif Erikson, a band of potentially balding hunters carved their path to the New World. Read more

Ancient Tree Carving Points to the Stars

Posted by Talal Al-Khatib Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:13 PM ET | 0

On the trunk of a gnarled, centuries-old oak tree, about 90 miles southwest of Phoenix, Ariz., are odd carvings of six-legged, lizard-like beings. The tree is located at Painted Rock, an archaeological site peppered with hundreds of ancient... Read more