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European Migration Spread Farming, DNA Suggests
Thousands of years ago, farming spread across Europe and replaced the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of early inhabitants. Now a study...
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Baboons Can Recognize Words
Baboons can learn to tell the difference between real four-letter words and nonsense combinations of letters. And once they...
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Energy Solutions From the Perspective of Big History
Humans now consume some 18 trillion watts of energy in a variety of forms. Every aspect of our contemporary...
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Carbon Dioxide Linked to End of Last Ice Age
The circumstances that ended the last ice age, somewhere between 19,000 and 10,000 years ago, have been unclear. In...
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Possible New Lead in Peking Man Fossils Mystery
The memories of a World War II-era Marine have renewed hopes of solving one of the greatest archaeological mysteries...
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Respect Your Elders. Even if They’re Neanderthals
Every election year, political candidates of all stripes are called “knuckle-dragging Neanderthals.” In a recent column, Washington Post pundit...
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Satellites Expose Ancient Civilizations
Archaeologists develop large-scale method to identify ancient human settlements.
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Navigating the Anthropocene: A Call For Stronger Global Climate Governance
Stronger global governance is needed to mitigate human impact on the earth’s climate and to ensure sustainable development, according...
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World’s Oldest Temple May Have Been Cosmopolitan Center
Ancient blades made of volcanic rock that were discovered at what may be the world’s oldest temple suggest that...
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A Museum of Creatures Re-Engineered By Humans
Richard Pell, who teaches electronic media at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has a new museum, the Center for...