Journalist Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age.

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Satellite images reveal ancient hunting traps used by South American social groups

Similar structures have been found in other arid regions of the world, including the Middle East, but this is the first time such a concentration has been discovered in the area, and it raises the possibility that they predate those...

Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power

In the new study, published Monday (Oct. 6) in the journal La Revista de Arqueología Americana (The Journal of American Archaeology), the researchers suggest that Wari rulers used psychedelics mixed in beer to help grow their empire. They explain that...

How a giant asteroid gauged out the Moon’s largest crater

New research has revealed that the giant asteroid that created the South Pole-Aitken basin (SPA), the Moon’s largest crater, slammed into the lunar surface from a northerly direction. The study was published in Nature.

Early humans butchered elephants using small tools then made big tools from their bones, research finds

The authors add, "Our study shows how, 400,000 years ago in the area of Rome, human groups were able to exploit an extraordinary resource like the elephant—not only for food, but also by transforming its bones into tools. The study...