South America

Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2025

In a year full of Denisovan discoveries, I look at some of the top highlights of research.

Dec 19 • John Hawks

Ghost populations in human origins

Genetic models are finding more and more unknown lineages. How real are they?

May 14 • John Hawks

Looking at the traces of wear on tools used by capuchin monkeys

Studying microscopic traces of wear on tools helps create a comparative body of data for early hominin use of tools.

Dec 13, 2020 • John Hawks

Did humans approach the southern tip of South America more than 18,000 years ago?

An article by Tom Dillehay and coworkers describes the archaeology of Monte Verde I, preserving artifacts together with burned features.

Nov 19, 2015 • John Hawks

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