2011
21
Dec
Genetic Data Indicate Scale of Contact-Era Native Population Decline
Genetic Data Indicate Scale of Contact-Era Native Population Decline
A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences using both modern and ancient mitochondrial DNA from Native Americans concludes that about 500 years ago, the number of reproductively active Native...
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2011
01
May
New Craig Childs' Essay Examines Looters, Collectors, Museums, and Archaeologists
New Craig Childs' Essay Examines Looters, Collectors, Museums, and Archaeologists
Human bones lie bleached and scattered, a ribcage stove in here, shoulder and arm bones over there. It looks as if a war was waged between armies of skeletons in this remote canyon south of the Arizona border. All thes...
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