A long-held theory about the earliest migration to the Americas is under fresh scientific fire. For years, many believed that the First Peoples came from Japan, tracing their ancestry to the Jomon, a ...

The remote Pacific island of Rapa Nui, commonly known as Easter Island, never experienced a "self-inflicted population collapse," a new analysis of ancient DNA reveals. Researchers have long debated ...

That realization provided her with a strong focus and motivation when she arrived at UC Santa Cruz in 2005, where she pursued a Ph.D. with James Clifford and Donna Haraway, both distinguished ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Sean Decatur, president of the American Museum of Natural History, about why some Native American exhibits are closing under a law requiring consent from Native tribes.