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Journalist walking across the globe for last decade takes to the sea in Southeast Alaska

National Geographic journalist Paul Salopek has been walking around the world since 2013. But now that he’s in Alaska, his ...
The Manila Times

Historical DNA connects 1.3 million living relatives to 17th-century Maryland settlers and may have identified the colony’s second governor

Analysis of Historic St. Mary’s City highlights the power of combining ancient DNA, archaeology, and genealogy to restore ...

There are going to be more shark sightings in the coming months, scientists say

Warming waters are attracting more swimmers and sharks alike to the Eastern seaboard -- creating the perfect recipe for an ...

Humans riding horses 1,000 years earlier than previously thought

Humans were riding horses 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, new study finds - Mass migration of people across ...

AI models are being used to predict conflict

AS AN UNEASY truce holds between America and Iran, experts are struggling to predict what new phase the conflict may enter ...

Historical DNA connects 1.3 million living relatives to 17th-century Maryland settlers

As the United States prepares to mark its 250th anniversary, researchers from 23andMe Research Institute, Harvard University, ...

What proteins in prehistoric teeth reveal about Stone Age sex between early human species

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later ...
The World from PRX

How coastlines propelled ancient humans across the planet

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is a man on a mission: traveling across the world in the way the earliest humans out of Africa did. Lately, he’s been hiking and paddling along Alaska’s ...