Md. Field Dig May Reach Back 16,000 Years
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Robert D. Wall is too careful a scientist to say he's on the verge of a sensational discovery.
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Scientists working off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula began using sound waves to search for information about an asteroid that may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
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A land-clearing project in southern Antigua is threatening a unique ancient settlement where Arawak Indians lived from roughly 500 B.C. until the arrival of Christopher Columbus, an archaeologist said Monday.
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Ancient DNA samples show that southern Greenland was teeming with insect and plant life 450,000 years ago.
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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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December 21, 2004 - A new X-ray machine will help anthropologists solve mysteries locked inside some of the Field Museum&#39;s ancient collection of fossils, mummies and pottery.
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They aren't certain, but underwater archaeologists say they may have discovered a boulder with a prehistoric carving in Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay.
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Scientists drilling ice cores in Greenland have recovered what appear to be plant remains from nearly 3km (two miles) below the surface.
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New findings suggest that fine clays may be deposited by relatively fast-flowing water.
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Last spring Marisa Dudiak took her second-grade class in Frederick County, Maryland, on a field trip to an American Indian farm.
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By Derek Kravitz, The Dallas Morning News  Jun. 18--SEYMOUR, Texas -- Robert T. Bakker picks out a 275 million-year-old tooth from the red-colored dirt on this massive northwest Texas ranch, examines it with a trained eye and promptly sticks it in his mouth.
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Combing detective work with old-fashion digging, archaeologists in North Carolina may have unearthed evidence that Spanish soldiers roamed the Appalachian Mountains during the 16th century.
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Archaeologists surveying a property earmarked for a Long Island housing development discovered an ancient skull.
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Scientists have pinpointed mutations in an ancient protein that transformed its shape and function more than 400 million years ago.
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Archaeologists said Wednesday they had found evidence that humans lived in North America at least 50,000 years ago, far earlier than has been thought.
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Archaeologists have discovered a cache of artifacts near South Padre Island they say could be up to 5,000 years old, potentially providing new clues about early peoples of the Texas coast.
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Researchers use X-ray scanners to create 3-D models of prehistoric creatures preserved inside rocks.