On March 25, at 7 p.m., the Maynard Public Library will present a Zoomed talk titled “Before the Europeans Arrived... and After.” Registration (required) at https ...

Between 50% and 70% of snakes and lizards on the Guadeloupe Islands in the Caribbean went extinct after European colonists arrived on the archipelago, according to a study of 43,000 reptile bone ...

The Caribs have long been described as violent cannibals who brutally wiped out the peaceful Arawaks from what came to be known as the Caribbean—or so the story goes. But archeologists excavating a ...

A dog buried in Western Illinois 10,000 years ago is one of the oldest dogs known in the Americas, and the oldest dog burial in the world. These native American dogs were almost entirely wiped out ...

With European missionaries came the crippling depopulation of Native Americans. But unlike what is commonly believed, the mass-scale decline due to disease started more than a century after they ...

The United States was built through migration conquest and relentless expansion. European colonization created the foundations while revolution broke the tie with Britain and opened the floodgates ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the mid-16th century, the residents of a regional capital called ...

Hämäläinen is Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University. His new book is Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. He is also the author of The Comanche Empire, winner ...

This article is part of a series on how to enhance your walks in nature. Visit three periods of history in a 2-mile walk that loops around a brook, takes you across by footbridge, and includes the ...

In July of 1843, a group of 20 European colonists in Australia set out on a murderous mission. Members of the Indigenous Brataualang group had killed the nephew of the Scottish pioneer Lachlan ...

When Spanish conquistador Gregorio de Villalobos arrived in Mexico in 1521, he brought a small group of passengers, their exact number disputed, who would transform Mexican cuisine. Six heifers and ...