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Life

Around 13,000 years ago, humans and fire changed LA’s ecosystem forever

Rapid drying combined with human-made fires changed Southern California forever, killing off ancient bison, dire wolves and five other megafauna species there.

Humans

50 years ago, scientists debated when humans first set foot in North America

In 1973, archaeologists debated when people first arrived in the Americas. Mounting evidence suggests its much earlier than they thought.

Anthropology

Carvings on Australia’s boab trees reveal a generation’s lost history

Archaeologists and an Aboriginal family are working together to rediscover a First Nations group’s lost connections to the land.

Animals

Plastic waste forms huge, deadly masses in camel guts

Eating plastic isn’t just a sea animal problem. Researchers found suitcase-sized masses of plastic in dromedaries’ guts in the United Arab Emirates.

Animals

Mary Roach’s new book ‘Fuzz’ explores the ‘criminal’ lives of animals

In “Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law,” author Mary Roach profiles mugging monkeys, thieving bears and other animal outlaws.

Anthropology

Seven footprints may be the oldest evidence of humans on the Arabian Peninsula

In what’s now desert, people and other animals stopped to drink at a lake more than 100,000 years ago, a new study suggests.

Animals

Discarded COVID-19 PPE such as masks can be deadly to wildlife

From entanglements to ingestion, two biologists are documenting the impact of single-use masks and gloves on animals around the world.

Archaeology

Clovis hunters’ reputation as mammoth killers takes a hit

Early Americans’ stone points were best suited to butchering the huge beasts’ carcasses, scientists contend.

Health & Medicine

Here are answers to 3 persistent questions about the coronavirus’s origins

Calls to double down on investigations into where SARS-CoV-2 came from — nature or a lab accident — are rising as answers remain scarce.

Animals

Earthy funk lures tiny creatures to eat and spread bacterial spores

Genes that cue spore growth also kick up a scent that draws in springtails.

Paleontology

Why South America’s ancient mammals may have lost out to northern counterparts

When North and South America joined millions of years ago, mammals from the north fared better in the meetup. Extinctions in the south may be why.