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Dog Ancestry Provides Clues to Ancient Human Activities
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Researchers combined evidence found in dog genomes with physical materials recovered from archeological sites to discover factors behind major societal changes.

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Ancient DNA Sheds New Light on Africa’s Stone Age

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Ancient Human Footprints in New Mexico Dated to Ice Age

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7,200-Year-Old Skeleton Offers Clues to Early Human Migration

DNA Evidence Shows Ancient Humans and Dogs Migrated Together

The Peopling of South America

Infographic: South America’s Early Prehistory

Native Americans Crossed the Pacific Long Before Europeans

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45,000-Year-Old Human Remains Found in Bulgarian Cave

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Skulls from the Yucatán Peninsula a Clue to Early American Settlers

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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