News tagged with human remains
Oldest subarctic North American human remains found
(PhysOrg.com) -- A newly excavated archaeological site in Alaska contains the cremated remains of one of the earliest inhabitants of North America. These remains may provide rare insights into the burial ...
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Feb 24, 2011 |
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In Brief: Social inequality among Pueblo Indians
A study in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that social hierarchies may have emerged within Southwestern Native American society as early as the 9th century.
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Nov 09, 2010 |
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Research will help ID bodies left behind by Chilean earthquake, Pinochet regime
New research from North Carolina State University will help medical examiners and others identify human remains of those killed during the recent earthquake in Chile, as well as the bodies of the "disappeared" ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Pre-Columbian burial ground unearthed in Costa Rica
An 800-year-old, pre-Columbian burial ground with baskets full of human remains was unearthed at a building site outside San Jose, National Museum archaeologists said Tuesday.
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Jul 21, 2010 |
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Evidence Indicates Humans' Early Tree-dwelling Ancestors Were Also Bipedal
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than three million years ago, the ancestors of modern humans were still spending a considerable amount of their lives in trees, but something new was happening.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 20, 2010 |
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