Tag Archives: Archaeology
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How Ancient DNA Unearths Corn’s A-maize-ing History
Sequencing entire genomes from ancient tissues helps researchers reveal the evolutionary and domestication histories of [...]
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Ten New Things We Learned About Human Origins in 2020
The pandemic this year changed a lot about the world and the way we lived, [...]
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How Arctic Anthropologists are Expanding Narratives about the North
These walrus ivory carvings were collected in the mid-1880s. They were featured in a catalogue [...]
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A Young Comic Book Heroine Travels Through Panama’s Deep History
Illustration from the graphic novel ‘Martina and the Bridge of Time’ by Aaron O’Dea and [...]
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New Study Pushes Origins of Human-Driven Global Change Back Thousands of Years
Landscapes have been managed by humans for thousands of years – some sustainably, others less [...]
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Watch What Happens When A Coral Reef Can’t Get Enough Oxygen
From the surface, the havoc caused on a coral reef by a layer of low-oxygen [...]
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The Breathtaking Glen Canyon Reveals Its Secrets
At dusk, the bats appear in the ghost forest that surrounds us—blackened tree trunks encrusted [...]
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Fourteen Discoveries Made About Human Evolution in 2022
With many projects around the world proceeding despite the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers across a variety [...]
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When Did Humans Start Settling Down?
Twelve thousand years ago, long before the beginning of recorded history, a group of perhaps [...]
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Thirteen Discoveries Made About Human Evolution in 2023
The year 2023 proved to be another exciting 12 months for research in human evolution. [...]