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Learn how modern humans adapted to the Americas, possibly thanks to a Denisovan gene.

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Learn how isotope analysis helped illuminate a hidden period of history for Utah’s Great Salt Lake.

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Learn more about early marine animal witness accounts that likely fed mermaid and other sea monster legends.

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Learn more about the reclassification of the tallest terrestrial animal, including its implications for giraffe conservation.