Two teenagers who were strangled 1,500 years ago as part of an ancient Andean funeral rite were closely related to the adults they were buried with, according to a new genetic study. But surprisingly, it seems that the adolescent boy […]
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We finally know how a fault that gave rise to Denali, North America’s highest mountain, first formed. According to new research, the Denali Fault is actually an ancient suture mark where two land masses once joined together. Between 72 million
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