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  Is This Really the Lost Cave Tomb of Holy Salome? - Ancient Origins

  In the days leading up to the biggest Holy Day (holiday) of the Christian year, celebrating the birth of Christ, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have announced “the cave of Holy Salome,' the alleged midwife of Christ, has been identified.
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  It Looks Like America's First People Were Island Hoppers - Ancient Origins

  Standing right beside the question “are we alone in the universe” is “when and by whom was America first populated.” Now that question might finally be answered as a team of researchers propose a step-by-step plan for how America’s first people crossed over from Asia, on giant oceanic ‘steppingstones’ - or islands.
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  Humans Reached Remote North Atlantic Islands Centuries Earlier Than Thought – Popular Archeology - Popular Archaeology

  Faroes Settled Well Before Vikings Arrived, Lake Sediments Show.
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  New Light on the Ancient Human Populations of Patagonia – Popular Archeology - Popular Archaeology

  FECYT – SPANISH FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—Argentine and Spanish researchers have used statistical techniques of automatic learning to analyze mobility patterns and technology of the hunter-gatherer groups that inhabited the Southern Cone of America, from the time they arrived about 12,000 years ago until the end of the 19th century. Big data from archaeological sites located in the extreme south of Patagonia have been used for this study*.
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  Religion a key to early state formation in ancient Mexico – Popular Archeology - Popular Archaeology

  Study suggests religion and politics played a central role in conflict and formation of ancient societies in Oaxaca, Mexico.