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Anthropology

Oldest evidence of cancer in human family tree found

Bony growths on fossils may push origins of this disease way back in the Stone Age.

Paleontology

Woolly mammoths’ last request: Got water?

Woolly mammoths survived on an Alaskan island thousands of years after mainland mammoths went extinct. But they died out when their lakes dried up, thanks to a warming climate and rising sea levels.

Archaeology

Parasitic worm eggs found on Silk Road latrine artifacts

Microscopic study of latrine finds indicates disease spread along ancient Asian trade route.

Neuroscience

Gift-giving brain cells are lifeline to injured nerve cells

After an injury, astrocytes give nerve cells a gift of mitochondria, mouse study suggests.