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South African Hominin Fossils Predate Lucy, Analysis Suggests
South African Hominin Fossils Predate Lucy, Analysis Suggests
A newer dating technique using cosmogenic isotopes finds Australopithecus remains from the Sterkfontein caves to be about 1 million years older than previous estimates, potentially changing scientists’ understanding of humanity’s origins.
A newer dating technique using cosmogenic isotopes finds Australopithecus remains from the Sterkfontein caves to be about 1 million years older than previous estimates, potentially changing scientists’ understanding of humanity’s origins.
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Scratchy Scalps Help Glue Together Pieces of an Ancient Past
Chloe Tenn | Dec 29, 2021 | 3 min read
Scientists find human DNA preserved in lice cement from the heads of South American mummies.
It Takes Less Than 30 Days to Compost a Human Body
Jef Akst | Feb 17, 2020 | 2 min read
In a small trial of deceased volunteers, a Seattle-based company called Recompose demonstrates that its method for “natural organic reduction” of a human body completely breaks down soft tissue.
Caution Urged for Comparing Ancient and Modern Humans’ Oral Microbes
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD | Aug 7, 2019 | 4 min read
Microbial species that are commonly associated with oral diseases in modern humans are unreliable proxies for determining tooth health status in ancient samples, a new study finds.
Image of the Day: Mass Sacrifice
Carolyn Wilke | Mar 12, 2019 | 1 min read
At an archaeological site in Peru, researchers have found the remains of hundreds of children and llamas sacrificed in the 15th century.
How Salvador Dalí’s Mustache Endured Death
Aggie Mika | Jul 23, 2017 | 2 min read
Forensic experts explain.
Researchers Unearth Cervantes’s Tomb
Bob Grant | Mar 19, 2015 | 1 min read
A convent in Madrid may contain some of the Spanish literary giant’s remains, forensic experts say.