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  King Richard III? World's First Image of Grey Friars Skull Unveiled

  February 3, 2013 — Did this head once bear the English Crown? Researchers have just unveiled the world's first photograph of the human remains found at the Grey Friars church -- which could be that of King Richard ... > full story
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  Vegetation Changes in Cradle of Humanity: Study Raises Questions About Impact on Human Evolution

  January 31, 2013 — What came first: the bipedal human ancestor or the grassland encroaching on the forest? A new analysis of the past 12 million years' of vegetation change in the cradle of humanity is challenging ... > full story
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  Aztec Conquest Altered Genetics Among Early Mexico Inhabitants, New DNA Study Shows

  January 31, 2013 — For centuries, the fate of the original Otomi inhabitants of Xaltocan, the capital of a pre-Aztec Mexican city-state, has remained unknown. Researchers have long wondered whether they assimilated ... > full story
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  Ovarian Tumor, With Teeth and a Bone Fragment Inside, Found in a Roman-Age Skeleton

  January 24, 2013 — A team of researchers has found the first ancient remains of a calcified ovarian teratoma, in the pelvis of the skeleton of a woman from the Roman era. The find confirms the presence in antiquity of ... > full story
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  'Invisible' Filipino History in Annapolis Documented

  January 23, 2013 — Filipinos have been an invisible minority in Annapolis, Md., for more than a century. Now, researchers are using oral histories as a way to flesh out their life and times -- documenting the ... > full story
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  Retrovirus in the Human Genome Is Active in Pluripotent Stem Cells

  January 23, 2013 — A retrovirus called HERV-H, which inserted itself into the human genome millions of years ago, may play an important role in pluripotent stem cells. The discovery, which may help explain how these ... > full story
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  Previous Unknown Fossilized Fox Species Found

  January 23, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a 2-million-year-old fossil fox at Malapa, South Africa, in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site. The previously unknown species of fox has been named Vulpes ... > full story
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  Sex of Early Birds Suggests Dinosaur Reproductive Style: New Way to Identify Gender of Ancient Avian Species

  January 22, 2013 — Paleontologists have discovered a way to determine the sex of a prehistoric bird species. Confuciusornis sanctus, a 125-million-year-old Mesozoic bird, had remarkable differences in plumage -- some ... > full story
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  A Relative from the Tianyuan Cave: Humans Living 40,000 Years Ago Likely Related to Many Present-Day Asians and Native Americans

  January 21, 2013 — Ancient DNA has revealed that humans living some 40,000 years ago in the area near Beijing were likely related to many present-day Asians and Native ... > full story
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  Genetic Admixture in Southern Africa

  January 17, 2013 — Researchers have investigated the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA of 500 individuals from southern Africa speaking different Khoisan and Bantu languages. Their results demonstrate that Khoisan ... > full story

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