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When the Earth Suddenly Stopped Warming
For decades, scientists have been studying the cause of the Younger Dryas, and trying to figure out if something like it could happen again. And it turns out that what caused this event is the subject of a heated debate.
SciShow
An Unexpected Tool to Track Ancient Civilizations...Bacteria
Scientists have used a bacteria that commonly infects us to track how ancient humans spread to the Americas from Siberia. And other scientists have discovered a new species of hyrax in the forests of Africa by listening to their barks...
Curated Video
Australia's 50,000-Year-Old Superhighways
Archeologists and scientists have mapped ancient migration superhighways across Australia, which were used around 50,000 to 70,000 years ago by the first people to populate the land. These pathways remarkably align with modern highways,...
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Researchers find 29 human footprints in Canada
Humans may have been stomping around Canada as early as 13,000 years ago - and they left footprints. According to a study published in the journal PLOS-ONE, researchers discovered an ancient human footprint along the coast of Canada's...
The Art Assignment
Art about Migration
Migration is central to human experience, and art history reflects that. Skipping through time and geography, we explore Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series, Lapita pottery, the Akbarnama, and the Mexica codex "Tira de la Peregrinación,"...
Science360
Human Migration: How Lice Can Shed Light on the Past - Science Nation
Paleo-anthropologists believe Homo sapiens evolved in Africa 100 - 200 thousand years ago, and eventually moved out of Africa to populate the globe. But, how can researchers trace the specifics of that human migration? With support from...
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Lice And Human Migration
Paleo-anthropologists believe Homo sapiens evolved in Africa 100 - 200 thousand years ago, and eventually moved out of Africa to populate the globe. But, how can researchers trace the specifics of that human migration? With support from...
Curated Video
Where Are You REALLY From? Black Migrations and Immigration, Explained
Human migration is a tale as old as time, but how has that impacted Black culture here in the U.S.? Hallease and Evelyn explore how the movement of Black folks has created icons from James Baldwin to Nipsey Hussle.
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Greek soldiers guard Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are trafi
Greek soldiers guard Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the...
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Greek soldiers guard Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are trafi
Greek soldiers guard Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by illegal Turkish peopl
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou and made their way to Mytilini. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou and made their way to Mytilini. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by illegal Turk
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by illegal Turkish peopl
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by...
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Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. T
Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by illegal Turkish peopl
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by illegal Turki
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, who have landed on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are...
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Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. T
Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming...
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Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. T
Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming...
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Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. T
Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming...
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Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. T
Life jackets and remains of boats left by Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by illegal Turkish peopl
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by illegal Turkish peopl
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by...
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Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by illegal Turkish peopl
Syrian migrants fleeing the war and escaping to Europe, landing on the Greek island of Lesvos on the north coast at Efthalou. Up to 4,000 migrants a day are landing on the island and overwhelming the authorities. They are traficked by...