People who lived in New Mexico more than 20,000 years ago experienced rapid climate change.
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Why was one gene mutation that affects hair, teeth, sweat glands and breasts ubiquitous among ice age Arctic people? New research points to the advantage it provided for ancestors of Native Americans.
A 9,000-year-old skeleton became a high-profile and highly contested case for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. How do we respectfully deal with ancient human remains?
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Professor of History, UMass Amherst
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Research Professor, National Research Center on Human Evolution (CENIEH), Spain, and in the United States, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University; University of Reading