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Evidence from dirty teeth: Ancient Peruvians ate well

2 hours ago from Biology News Net

Starch grains preserved on human teeth reveal that ancient Peruvians ate a variety of cultivated crops including squash, beans, peanuts and the fruit of cultivated pacay trees. This finding by...

Canada's Pacific coast killer whales still at risk

2 hours ago from Reuters:Science

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada's killer whale population on the Pacific Coast remains at risk of extinction as its main food source continues to decline, a government panel said...

VIDEO: Machu Picchu Mummy, Gold Found

4 hours ago from National Geographic

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered an Inca mummy and artifacts, including gold jewelry, near the ancient mountain citadel of Machu Picchu.

Dirty teeth reveal ancient diet

4 hours ago from Newsvine

Thanks to poor dental hygiene, researchers are getting a more detailed understanding of what people ate thousands of years ago in what is now Peru.

Study on wildlife corridors shows how they work over time

5 hours ago from Physorg

At the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, there are five strange looking "patches" cleared out of the surrounding forest. No, they're not crop circles carved by aliens.

Yech! Did Iceman munch on moss?

7 hours ago from MSNBC: Science

A new study of the well-known "Iceman" mummy finds that he ate moss, though perhaps not on purpose.

Bronze age necklace unearthed

8 hours ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A 4,000-year-old amber necklace has been discovered at a dig organised by a team of archeologists in Manchester.

New Stone Age artefacts unearthed

An archaeological dig in Russia has unearthed female figurines, carved tools, and a cone-shaped carving of unknown purpose.

Oetzi's last supper

9 hours ago from Science Centric

What we eat can say a lot about us - where we live, how we live and eventually even when we lived. From the analysis of the intestinal contents of...

Bacterial biofilms as fossil makers

10 hours ago from Biology News Net

Bacterial decay was once viewed as fossilization's mortal enemy, but new research suggests bacterial biofilms may have actually helped preserve the fossil record's most vulnerable stuff -- animal embryos and...

Climate change wiped out cave bears 13 millennia earlier than thought

10 hours ago from Biology News Net

Enormous cave bears, Ursus spelaeus, that once inhabited a large swathe of Europe, from Spain to the Urals, died out 27,800 years ago, around 13 millennia earlier than was previously...

Edna Parker dies at 115; former teacher was world's oldest person

10 hours ago from LA Times - Science

Edna Parker, a former Indiana schoolteacher who was certified as the world's oldest person, died Wednesday at a nursing home in Shelbyville, Ind. She was 115.

Leslie A. Margolin: Promoting healthier ways of reaching consensus

10 hours ago from LA Times - Science

The president of Anthem Blue Cross of California believes 'answers lie in trying to bring people with diverse backgrounds and diverse interests together and focus on what they have in...

Exposure to organochlorate pollutants and lead weakens animals bones, according to a study

12 hours ago from

A new methodology developed by a researcher of the University of Granada will permit to determine the toxicological effects caused in animals which have been exposed to organochlorate pollutants...

Asia Turns To Wired Wyo. Town For English

1 day ago from CBSNews - Science

Eleutian Technology hires people in towns across northern Wyoming to teach English to Koreans of all ages using Skype. Two years old, Eleutian already is one of Wyoming's fastest-growing businesses.

Poachers find thriving market for fossils

1 day ago from UPI

CLEVELAND, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A dinosaur skeleton that vanished from Mongolia likely was sold on the black market, says a fossil hunter from the Cleveland Museum of...

Indonesia's vast Papua in the grip of Asia's worst AIDS crisis

1 day ago from Physorg

Gaunt and covered in sores, 20-year-old Christina Mabele is a rarity in the ballooning AIDS crisis that has hit the remote Papua region in eastern Indonesia: she knows why she...

Caroline Davies on the first British conjoined twins to be separated and to survive

2 days ago from The Guardian - Science

It is 11 years since Joan Varley gave birth to the first British conjoined twins to be separated and to survive

Explorers find ancient boat in Black Sea

2 days ago from MSNBC: Science

A well-preserved wooden dugout canoe, likely dating back to the prehistoric age, has been discovered at the bottom of the Black Sea, scientists said Saturday.

Alberta reaches tentative deal with doctors

3 days ago from CBC: Health

After a year of negotiations, the province and Alberta doctors have reached a deal on a tentative three-year contract, the government announced Friday.

Edna Parker dies at 115; former teacher was world's oldest person

3 days ago from LA Times - Science

Edna Parker, a former Indiana schoolteacher who was certified as the world's oldest person, died Wednesday at a nursing home in Shelbyville, Ind. She was 115.

The Human Soul: An Ancient Idea

3 days ago from Live Science

An Iron Age stone slab confirms that people have been into the idea of a soul for a long time.

Asian Beetle Spells Death for Maples So Dear

3 days ago from NY Times Science

A number of maple trees in Worcester, Mass., will be chopped down because of an infestation of Asian long-horned beetles that is plaguing thousands of trees.

Excavations uncover 15th century coins

4 days ago from UPI

COEVORDEN, Netherlands, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Excavations in the Netherlands have uncovered 30 coins that date back to the 15th century, archaeologists say.

Seven courses of science for Thanksgiving

5 days ago from MSNBC: Science

No doubt the holiday festivities can be exhausting, but scientists say it's a fallacy to blame the post-meal nap on the bird.

Rome's bird-busters: who else you gonna call?

5 days ago from Reuters:Science

ROME (Reuters) - Dressed from head to toe in a protective white suit and face mask, Fabrizio Zani is paid to prevent Rome's birds from getting a peaceful night's sleep.

Brain scans show root of memory glitch with aging

5 days ago from AP Health

NEW YORK (AP) -- Brain scans of older people in a noisy lab machine give biological backing to the idea that distraction hampers memory with aging,...

Scientists end dig, move indoors with findings of Winnipeg archeological site

A major archeological dig at the Forks in downtown Winnipeg has come to a close, with the prize discovery a footprint dating back 700 to 800 years.