In a growing dispute over a collection of “archaic” human remains exhumed from the Del Rio area, archeologists are all over the map. The Witte Museum, which began its collection in 1928, is adamant: ...

For years, scientists have tried to detangle the actors that played a role in human evolution's complicated story. We know that our modern human ancestors mated with other early hominin groups, such ...

The route through the Swannanoa Gap — where present-day Old U.S. 70 and Mill Creek Road intersect — was first carved out by Archaic Indians as they came up out of the Appalachian foothills and ...