The popular perception of archaeology is a team of dusty individuals in wide-brimmed hats unearthing treasures from a pharaoh's tomb or an ancient collection of Native American artifacts.
Archaeology
Apr 30, 2012
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Egypt's Antiquities Minister says Italian archaeologists have unearthed tombs over 3000 years old in the ancient city of Luxor.
Archaeology
Jan 10, 2013
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The University of Witwatersrand (Wits University), the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in the U.S. and the National Geographic Society have partnered to bring the rare fossils of two recently discovered ancient human relatives ...
Archaeology
Jul 18, 2019
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A study led by research groups of Prof. Fu Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. Zhang Hucai from Yunnan University covers the largest ...
Evolution
May 27, 2021
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Humankind's genetic links to long-extinct relatives are being mapped in a rapidly expanding research field called paleoproteomics.
Evolution
Oct 31, 2023
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Even without all the industrial and technological growth that has accelerated climate change, humans can—and do—dramatically impact ecosystems.
Archaeology
Mar 14, 2016
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University of Illinois anthropology professor Ripan Malhi looks to DNA to tell the story of how ancient humans first came to the Americas and what happened to them once they were here.
Biotechnology
Nov 18, 2013
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Like an immutable passport, birth certificate and social security number, our DNA is a marker of who we are and where we've come from.
Archaeology
Jul 7, 2015
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A new, comprehensive review of humans' anthropological and genetic records gives the most up-to-date story of the "Out of Africa" expansion that occurred about 45,000 to 60,000 years ago.
Archaeology
Oct 22, 2012
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China's beloved national symbol—the panda—may have been seen quite differently by ancient humans: as food.
Archaeology
Oct 15, 2012
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