While poring over nearly century-old photos documenting the University of Cincinnati’s historic excavation at Troy, archivist Jeff Kramer was struck by just how many people worked behind the scenes for years to contribute to its success. The archivist and research associate in UC’s Department of Classics created a digital archive of pictures and documents from …
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The Shipwreck Tagging Archaeological Management Program (STAMP)
The following is an excerpt from a much longer article written by the National Park Service: Acadia National Park, Cape Cod National Seashore, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Fire Island National Seashore,more » Climate change compels National Park archeologists to use science to save valuable data from deteriorating and disappearing back into the sea. In response, …
New Study Addresses Long-standing Diversity Bias In Human Genetics
Most research in human genetics has historically focused on people of European ancestries—a long-standing bias that may limit the accuracy of scientific predictions for people from other populations. Now, a team of Johns Hopkins University scientists has generated a new catalog of human gene expression data from around the world. The increased representation of understudied …