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The inventory and monitoring program steers decisions in the national park system.

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When Kim Pemberton made the journey to Machu Picchu last November, she found that while the ruins themselves remain largely ...

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Dr. Federico Agnolín knelt in the dusty earth near Rio Negro, Argentina, his pulse quickening at the sight of an intact egg ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...