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A Stone Age individual’s left leg healed after being amputated just above the foot, allowing them to survive for six to nine years after the procedure was performed, researchers say.

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South African Hominin Fossils Predate Lucy, Analysis Suggests

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First Human Genome Sequenced from Ancient Pompeii

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Marilyn Fogel, Biogeochemist and “Isotope Queen,” Dies at 69

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Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on Africa’s Stone Age

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Paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey Dies at Age 77

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Gene Variant Points to Starvation’s Evolutionary Legacy

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Ancient Human Footprints in New Mexico Dated to Ice Age

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65,000-Year-Old Cave Markings Made by Neanderthals: Study

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“Dragon Man” May Replace Neanderthal as Our Closest Relative

Early Humans’ Brains Were More Apelike than Modern

Questions Raised About How an Ancient Hominin Moved

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Ancient Beads Point to Far-Flung Relationships in Southern Africa

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Skulls from the Yucatán Peninsula a Clue to Early American Settlers

Africans Have More Neanderthal DNA than Previously Thought

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Caution Urged for Comparing Ancient and Modern Humans’ Oral Microbes

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Image of the Day: Stale Cereal

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New Species of Human, Homo luzonensis, Identified in the Philippines

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Modern Human Activities Muddle Analyses of Prehistoric Migrations

What Was Lost in the Fire that Destroyed Brazil’s Largest Museum

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Overcoming Obstacles in Plasmid DNA Manufacturing

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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