archaeology
A new method that allows the almost non-destructive extraction of genetic material from archaeological human remains
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Researchers analyze the remains of a three-year-old child estimated to have been deposited and buried in an excavated pit in Kenya approximately 78,000 years ago
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Proteomics techniques are opening up new possibilities for archaeological applications
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Scientists find traces of beeswax in prehistoric pottery from the West African Nok culture
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Research reveals that the main cause of the current biodiversity crisis is the appropriation, colonization, and intensified use of lands previously managed sustainably
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Scientists have pinpointed compounds that help explain Baltic amber's therapeutic effects and that could lead to new treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections
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In a new study, researchers state that pollution created by the COVID-19 pandemic presents a crisis that would benefit from "crisis thinking"
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The new specimen was recovered from uppermost Cretaceous-aged rocks, some 70 million years old, in Ganzhou City in southern China's Jiangxi Province
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The remarkable completeness and great age of the Little Foot skeleton makes it a crucially important specimen in human origins research
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Radiocarbon measurements on the remains of 42,000-year-old New Zealand kauri trees provide the basis for better calibration of geological archives of this period
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