Enlarge this image Macaques use stones as hammers to smash open food items like shellfish and nuts. Lydia V. Luncz hide caption…
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A Blue Clue In Medieval Teeth May Bespeak A Woman’s Artistry Circa A.D. 1000
by Nell Greenfieldboyce January 9, 2019Enlarge this image A bit of lapis lazuli — a rich blue pigment — is trapped within a central tooth’s dental tartar…
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315,000-Year-Old Fossils From Morocco Could Be Earliest Recorded Homo Sapiens
by NPR June 7, 2017Enlarge this image Paleoanthropologists carefully excavate the remains of five ancient individuals, discovered in what was once a large cave. The cave…
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Enlarge this image Researchers from the Max Planck Institute excavate the East Gallery of Denisova Cave in Siberia in August 2010. With…