New analysis of Anglo-Saxon skulls suggests that being an Anglo-Saxon was a matter of language and culture, and not genetics.
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Using the incredible wealth of fossil data and a modern ecological theory, researchers estimated population density for the extinct apex predator.
Hollywood loves a good monster battle, and where better to turn for inspiration than the animal kingdom? Traits from real animals can provide clues about the fighting prowess of Kong and Godzilla.
Nutrients and energy contained within dead animals are repurposed and repackaged into living, breathing insects.
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Archaeologists decode the stories told by bones and what accompanies them.
Through science, art and technology, we are able to reconstruct the faces of the dead based on their remains. The researcher who did this work for descendants in Sutherland explains the process.
When the University of Cape Town discovered skeletons in its archive that had been unethically obtained and used, they set about restoring justice to the bones and the community they came from.
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Archaeology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland
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Canada Research Chair in Human Evolutionary Studies, and Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Archaeology, Durham University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University
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Visual/forensic artist, PhD researcher, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor in Biological Anthropology, Division of Clinical Anatomy and Biological Anthropology, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Michigan State University
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Professor at School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University
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PhD Student in Vertebrate Paleontology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Research Associate in Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
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Ph.D. Student in Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
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Chair professor, Archaeology, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Human Evolutionary Studies, Simon Fraser University
