Humans have long fixated on which mental traits distinguish us from other animals. Now, University of Arizona researchers are asking what our canine companions can tell us about ourselves.
In this feature, I take you behind the scenes of this laboratory and introduce you to some of its remarkable minds, both two- and four-legged.
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Arizona Scientists Study Dog Minds To Better Understand Our Own
Archaeologists have uncovered more remains of a Hohokam settlement at the site of the next CityScape development in downtown Phoenix.
The site sits in the heart of downtown, near Chase Field and Talking Stick Resort Arena.
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Hohokam Farm Found On Site of Future Phoenix Fry’s
A sacred site built in southwest Colorado around 800 years ago hints that the ancestral Pueblo people might have used geometry.
The analysis of the Sun Temple at Mesa Verde National Park offers the first hard evidence that a prehistoric North American society possibly employed such figures in construction.
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Geometry Possibly Used In Mesa Verde Sun Temple Construction
Bodies buried in unusual postures and without funeral rites could suggest a history of revenge and blood feud in certain ancient Sonoran Desert cultures, according to a paper in the August 2016 edition of Current Anthropology.
The authors say a rude burial would have deeply distressed the victim’s family and community — and sent a message of dominance and defiance. Read/listen to my full story at KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk:
Haphazard Burials May Suggest Revenge, Blood Feud Among Sonoran Desert Cultures
An Arizona State University program this semester will use veterans to archive digital archaeological data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The four veterans will train and work at ASU’s Center for Digital Antiquity, which houses the nation’s largest archive of digital archaeological data.
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ASU Taps Veterans To Archive For US’s Largest Digital Archaeology Database
