Scientists Say Mummiesâ Lice Show Pre-Columbian Origins
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The Europeans who followed Columbus to America did not introduce lice, as had been suspected.
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A study of an ancient human pest -- head lice -- suggests that the ancestors of today's American Indians may have met and fought with pre-humans long extinct elsewhere, scientists said on Tuesday.
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In a discovery sure to set off a firestorm of debate over human migration to the western hemisphere, archaeologists in South Carolina say they have uncovered evidence that people lived in eastern North America at least 50,000 years ago - far earlier than
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A study of an ancient human pest -- head lice -- suggests that the ancestors of today&#39;s American Indians may have met and fought with
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Scientists unraveling the genetic history of head lice have found startling evidence that early humans mingled with a clan of hairy, distant cousins as recently as 25,000 years ago in Asia -- a
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CALGARY, Alberta -- A fossilized jaw found in an Alberta gravel pit may have cleared up a mystery for researchers wondering how brown bears originally made it across North America.
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People who lived in the mining town of Guanajuato, Mexico, more than a century ago left behind a scientific mother lode: their own accidentally mummified bodies.
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One of the most startling discoveries in the study of human origins -- the uncovering of a vanished species of dwarf proto-humans who inhabited a Pacific island just 18,000 years ago -- is being reported in today&#39;s issue of the journal Nature.
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Archaeologists in Peru have uncovered the human skeleton of what they conclude is the earliest known gunshot victim in the New World.
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Scientists have discovered genetic information that helps explain how monarch butterflies find their way from Canada to winter nesting grounds in the mountains of Mexico.
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Prehistoric humans were infected with a bug that causes stomach ulcers, a study has shown.
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Ancient bison DNA may help explain a longstanding mystery of North American wildlife: why mammoths, North American lions, short-faced bears and many other large mammals disappeared about 10,000 years ago.
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A new archaeological discovery suggests humans migrated to the hemisphere far earlier than previously thought.
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Archaeologists have discovered more than 40 mummified dogs in a thousand-year-old Peruvian cemetery, yielding vital clues about the ancient culture that revered them.
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Researchers said Thursday they have unearthed what may be one of the earliest calendar entries in Meso-America, massive stone sculpture that suggests women held important status roles in pre-Hispanic culture.
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Anthropologists stepped into a hornets' nest on Monday, revealing research that suggests the original inhabitants of America may in fact have come from what is now known as Australia.
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Archaeologists have discovered the mummified remains of a doctor they believe lived more than 4,000 years ago and was buried along with metal surgical tools.