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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The story of modern humansâ final interactions with the extinct Homo erectus may have been revealed by research into the evolution of lice.
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Some of the head lice infesting people today were spread to us thousands of years ago by an extinct species of humans like Homo erectus.
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Researchers studying DNA from 500-year-old bone slivers said Friday that preliminary data suggests that Christopher Columbus might be buried in Spain, rather than in a rival tomb in the Dominican Republic - but ...
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Bones found at a prehistoric burial site indicate they belonged to victims of an Neolithic Age massacre, say scientists.
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In the growing debate about when people first appeared on this continent, a leading archaeologist said Wednesday he has discovered what could be sooty evidence of human occupation in North America tens of thousands of years earlier than is commonly believed.
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Description: The fossil remains of an ancient Spanish ape may help explain a key event in evolution. Scientists say the skeleton offers clues about how our ancestors stopped swinging from trees and started walking upright.
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Inhabitants of the New World had chili peppers and the makings of taco chips 6,100 years ago, according to new research that examined the bowl-scrapings of people sprinkled throughout Central America and the Amazon basin.
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Researchers find a cache of fossils in Ethiopia belonging to early human ancestors.
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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.
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The discovery also sheds light on the ancestry of modern brown bears, which has long puzzled researchers. A genetic analysis of the skull fragment indicates its owner was closely related to the brown bears
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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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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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Paleontologists working in Ethiopia have discovered the remains of at least nine primitive human ancestors that are up to 4.5 million years old.
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Archaeologists have reported finding what could be the earliest evidence for domestication of manioc in the Americas.
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Washington - The face of a man who died and was mummified in Egypt 3 000 years ago has been modelled, using special CAT scans and without unwrapping his bandages, Italian researchers said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - DNA from a microbe that is  transmitted by body lice and can cause trench fever, was  recently identified in a human tooth dating back more than 4000  years, according to a new report.