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AnthropologyNeandertals take out their small blades
Excavations of Neandertal artifacts have yielded a trove of thin, double-edged stone blades that researchers usually regard as the work of Stone Age people who lived much later.
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AnthropologyAncient islanders get a leg up
A new analysis of bones from a tiny evolutionary cousin of people found on a Pacific island indicates that these late Stone Age individuals carried a lot of weight on short frames and had extremely strong legs.
By Bruce Bower -
Health & MedicineAn aging protein?
The defective protein that, when defective, causes a premature-aging disease may also play a role in normal aging.