Rights of the dead and the living clash when scientists extract DNA from human remains Chip Colwell Anthropology, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture The remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are not those of a space alien, according to recently reported research. The tiny body with its strange features – a pointed head, elongated bones – had been...
Our Stone Tool Discovery Pushes Back the Archaeological Record by 700,000 Years Jason Lewis and Sonia Harmand History, Science, Society & Culture This post originally appeared on The Conversation. On the morning of July 9 2011, we were climbing a remote hill near the western shore of Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. Sammy Lokorodi, who...
