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Mastodon fossil throws up questions over 'rapid' extinction

2011-10-20T18:00:00-0400

A bone tool embedded in a mastodon rib suggests humans were hunting big game earlier than thought.

2011-10-18T16:59:13-0400

'Experiment' raises alarm among social scientists.

2011-10-14T16:48:37-0400

DNA tests of shipwrecked jars illuminate early trade markets in the Mediterranean.

2011-10-14T14:35:15-0400

Participants in the 1000 Genomes project reconstruct the genetic variation of a Native American tribe from their descendants.

2011-10-13T18:00:00-0400

Find suggests that Stone Age sophistication extends further back than thought.

2011-09-28T10:06:12-0400

Sequencing effort provides a model for future studies of museum samples.

2011-09-22T18:00:00-0400

1920s hair sample reveals Aboriginal Australians' explorer origins.

2011-09-21T17:00:00-0400

The military has a vast array of scientifically valuable data — some more accessible than you think.

2011-09-08T16:58:44-0400

Australopithecus sediba is a mosaic of modern and primitive traits.

2011-09-05T19:00:00-0400

Analysis suggests genetic mixing occurred in Africa around 35,000 years ago.

2011-08-31T20:54:55-0400

Hominins with different tool-making technologies coexisted.

2011-08-19T13:25:56-0400

Mummy analysis finds that fat-based product held styles in place.

2011-08-09T13:41:29-0400

Modern humans may have picked up key genes from extinct relatives.

2011-08-08T19:00:00-0400

Skull scans suggest that the small-brained Indonesian hominid was a modern human suffering from a developmental disorder.

2011-06-07T09:51:54-0400

Historical collections given marching orders as government plans military university at museum site.