Lewis Dartnell, biologist: ‘One of the problems with the modern world is a loss of scarcity in many things’
In his book ‘Being Human’, the expert offers examples of how genetics and pandemics have determined universal history
Why do we see ourselves as morally superior to other historical eras?
Perhaps we’re more sensitive to the suffering of others, but that’s hardly due to us being better people — and doesn’t give us the right to arrogantly judge the past
The old story of defeated empires: ‘The Inca rulers spoiled their children, while the Aztecs were told they were going to die in battle’
Peruvian anthropologist Luis Millones and Mexican archeologist Eduardo Matos speak with EL PAÍS and reflect on their new book, which deals with the figures of Moctezuma and Atahualpa, the last great pre-Columbian rulers
Hernán Cortés’ remains languish in a safe in Spain amid political standoff over conquistador’s legacy
Former Extremadura regional premier Guillermo Fernández Vara announced a year ago that the relics, kept privately for decades, would be put on public display, but the current conservative administration has them stored in an archive
Crossbow bolts and coins: The archaeological trail of the Coronado expedition that discovered the Grand Canyon
The conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Guzmán crossed Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas between 1540 and 1542 and left behind pieces that have been analyzed in a new study
Christian Duverger, historian: ‘Hernán Cortés was a republican who stood against an absolutist monarchy’
The Frenchman has published a novel in which the Spanish conquistador recounts his life and adventures to his eldest son
The long road home for a stolen Hernán Cortés manuscript
In an exclusive for EL PAÍS, the FBI details how it recovered a nearly 500-year-old document, which will return to Mexico this month after its disappearance three decades ago
‘Ecumene Aztec,’ the video game about the conquest of Mexico that has riled up Spain’s far right
The game casts players as Aztec warriors with a mission to save Tenochtitlan, but has been criticized as racist and historically inaccurate