Researchers have verified the authenticity of a South American tsantsa (shrunken head) as human remains, an important step in the global effort toward decolonization and preserving and understanding Indigenous history.
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Research sheds light on the “sounds of the pandemic”
Examination of verbal art performances shows how COVID-19 has changed everyday lives.
Researchers shed new insights into fate of Franklin Expedition
A team of academic researchers from MacEwan University in Edmonton, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Western University in London, University of Saskatchewan, Trent University in Peterborough, University of Waterloo and Canadian Light Source at the University of...
Western bio-archeologist analyzes oldest human fossil found outside Africa and Levant
Scientists have discovered an ancient bone in Saudi Arabia, dating back to 90,000 years ago. The relic is the oldest human (Homo sapiens) fossil to have been found outside of Africa and the immediately adjacent Levant, and suggests that people travelled further than...