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Archaeology

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2022 in Review

Best of The Brink 2022: 10 Amazing Discoveries and Mind-Blowing Facts

December 12, 2022

John M. Marston sits and smiles at the camera in a blue collared shirt. There is a wooden desk and bookcase nearby.

Maya Archaeology

What Ancient Toilets Can Teach Us about Maya Life—and Tamales

June 5, 2022

A photo of Dragon Man's skull

Paleoanthropology

Is “Dragon Man” a Missing Link in Human Evolution?

July 9, 2021

Archaeologist John "Mac" Marston holds a vile of ancient seeds found at an archaeological dig.

Environmental Archaeology

What Can We Learn from an Ancient Pea?

October 7, 2019

Professor of Archaeology Catherine West holds a clamshell in Dutch Harbor middens where she studies ancient climate change adaptation in the Aleutian Islands.

Archaeology

Clamshells and Climate Change

November 14, 2017

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Archaeology

Arctic Squirrels: Invasive or Native Species?

February 22, 2017

James Pokines, assistant professor of anatomy and neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine

Anthropology

Bone Detective

July 21, 2016

View of temples in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, Mexico

Archaeology

Lessons from Teotihuacan

August 24, 2015

Boston University BU, Farouk El-Baz

Archaeology

Farouk El-Baz Tapped by Egypt President

October 6, 2014

Farouk El-Baz Tapped by Egypt President