Chaco Canyon Mystery Solved By Scientists Hauling Logs On Their Heads

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – In a new study, several researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder reenacted a small part of a trek that people in the Southwest United States may have made more than 1,000 years ago. Rodger Kram, ᴀssociate professor emeritus of integrative physiology, and James Wilson, then an undergraduate studying biochemistry, […]

Ancient People In Chaco Canyon Who Had Six Fingers And Six Toes Were Special – Researchers Say

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com –  A person living in ancient Chaco Canyon who had six fingers or six toes was considered special among the Pueblo people. Having an extra toe or finger was one way to gather plenty of respect. Polydactyly, a condition in which a person or animal has more than five fingers or toes […]