Paleontology
Fossilized Poop Shows How Ancient Dogs Adapted to People
Microbe DNA trapped in 3,500-year-old fossils shows canine adaptation to agricultural diets
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Paleontology
Footprint Discovery Hints at Humans in the Americas More Than 20,000 Years Ago
Seeds found in fossilized tracks fuel new speculation about when—and how—people arrived
Dinosaurs
Some Dinosaurs May Have Wagged Their Tail to Help Them Run
This may be for the same reason humans swing their arms when walking and running
Paleontology
Kids’ Fossilized Handprints May Be Some of the World’s Oldest Art
Ice age impressions in limestone show that human ancestors inhabited the area
Animals
Mammoth Tusk Analysis Reveals Epic Lifetime Journey around Alaska
Researchers find the mammoth walked far enough to circle the globe twice
Paleontology
The Incredible, Reanimated 24,000-Year-Old Rotifer
The last time this tiny wheel animalcule was moving around, woolly mammoths roamed the earth.
Agriculture
Ancient Peruvian Farmers Harnessed El Niño Floodwaters
Structures diverted the weather pattern’s floods to new farmlands 2,000 years ago
