Articles by

Freda Kreier

Indigenous people may have created the Amazon’s ‘dark earth’ on purpose

CHICAGO — Indigenous people in the Amazon may have been deliberately creating fertile soil for farming for...

Brain scans suggest the pandemic prematurely aged teens’ brains

Living through the COVID-19 pandemic may have matured teens’ brains beyond their years. From online schooling and...

A spider monkey’s remains tell a story of ancient diplomacy in the Americas

A sacrificed spider monkey is shedding new light on an ancient Mesoamerican relationship.  The remains of a...

Carvings on Australia’s boab trees reveal a generation’s lost history

Brenda Garstone is on the hunt for her heritage. Parts of her cultural inheritance are scattered across...

Some harlequin frogs — presumed extinct — have been rediscovered

Across Central and South America, one group of bejeweled frogs is making a comeback. Harlequin frogs —...

This ancient Canaanite comb is engraved with a plea against lice

Engraved into the side of a nearly 4,000-year-old ivory comb is a simple wish: Get these lice...