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• Why languages become endangered, and how we can keep them alive

  12 April 2018

  

   

• Eons before viral kitten videos, ancient Egyptians adored cats

  22 September 2017

  

   

• Study dates corn as staple crop in Central America beginning 4,300 years ago

  30 August 2017

  

   

• Laser beams unveil secrets locked inside primitive stone spear points

  28 July 2017

  

   

• Study shows ancient California Indians risked toxins from bitumen-coated bottles

  23 June 2017

  

   

• Ancient Native American beads traced to otherworldy source: an iron meteorite

  23 May 2017

  

   

• Resin from shipwreck hints at trade routes and botany of ancient Asia

  15 May 2017

  

   

• Crime bite: DNA on half-eaten food may someday send crooks to jail

  8 August 2016

  

   

• Ancient Native-American methods may be key to sustainable oyster harvests

  23 May 2016

  

   

• Did ripening fruit help hominids develop complex hands?

  12 May 2016

  

   

• Sacred shrew mummies reveal species distribution in ancient Egypt

  22 April 2016

  

   

• Research shows same growth rate for farming, non-farming societies

  22 December 2015

  

   

• Smithsonian Scientists Trace Anthropocene Roots to Early Human Activity

  16 December 2015

  

   

• Ancient Ink: Iceman Otzi Has World’s Oldest Tattoos

  9 December 2015

  

   

• Study reveals ancient link between mammoth dung and pumpkin pie

  23 November 2015

  

   

• Is Tattoo Ink Safe?

  16 October 2015