Nicole Boivin

Director of the Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

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Science & Technology

Major new research claims smaller-brained Homo naledi made rock art and buried the dead. But the evidence is lacking

Michael Petraglia

06 Jun 2023

6 min read

People have been modifying Earth — as in these rice terraces near Pokhara, Nepal — for millennia. Erle C. Ellis, CC BY-ND

When did the Anthropocene begin on Earth?

30 Aug 2019

5 min read