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Early Humans

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  • Left: a brown, cracked skull; right: a group of people sitting on the short of a river, with two people standing and addressing the group.  Right: Scientists explaining their work to people who live near Aitape, Papua New Guinea, today
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    6,000-Year-Old Skull Could Be from the World's Earliest Known Tsunami Victim
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    The Evolution of Human Birth
  • Two sculptures, created by French paleoartist Elisabeth Daynès, give a breathtakingly lifelike look at human relatives—Homo ergaster and Homo neanderthalensis.
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    Bringing Neanderthals to Life: Sculptures of Elisabeth Daynès
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    What are the feathers in those Amazonian headdresses?
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    How many trees are there in the Amazon?
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    Floor Stains and Ancient Ales
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    Putting Heads Together
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    Using Modern Technology to Construct Ancient Ritual
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    Radiography of a Baining Mask
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    The importance of collaborations
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    Piecing Together Early Societies
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    Rehousing Sulka Masks
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    The Bird Halls, maps, and Downy Woodpeckers in the Chicago region
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    Looking into Nature's Toolbox
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    Science at FMNH : Ep. 43 - Ancient Trade and Exchange in East Africa
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    Conserving Sticky

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