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Huge Ancient Civilization’s Collapse Attributed to Climate Change
The mysterious fall of the largest of the world’s earliest urban civilizations nearly 4,000 years ago in what is...
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Hereditary Inequality Among Stone Age Farmers
A study of more than 300 Neolithic skeletons suggests evidence of “hereditary inequality” among farmers 7,000 years ago, researchers...
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Leakey: Evolution Debate Will Soon Be History
Noted paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey says scientific discoveries may soon make the debate over evolution a part of history. The...
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Cultural Beliefs, Not Science Education Split Climate Views
Global warming skeptics are not less educated about science but rather use their knowledge to affirm their predetermined beliefs....
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Shifting Trade Routes May Have Been Root Cause of Mayan Decline
The end of the classic Mayan civilization in the lowlands of Mesoamerica was likely expedited by shifting trade routes...
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World’s Oldest Musical Instruments Found in German Cave
Researchers have identified what they say are the oldest musical instruments in the world. The flutes, made from bird...
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On the Origins of Language
Linguists know that languages change drastically over the course of a few thousand years, so drastically that there’s no...
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Ancient Bethlehem Seal Unearthed in Jerusalem
Archaeologists digging at a Jerusalem site have found the oldest artifact that bears the inscription of Bethlehem -- a...
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Human Conflict: Winning the Peace
In a special issue on human conflict, Science Magazine considers the deep evolutionary roots of violent confrontation – tracing...
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A Dirty Twist on Beating the Prisoner’s Dilemma
The “prisoner’s dilemma” is a classic psychology game used to study how collaboration evolves in animal societies. Now, a...