Meet an archeologist who is helping to rewrite the history of the Old West.

Traces of the Donner Party
In this audio slide show, Julie Schablitsky describes what she and colleagues discovered at the Donner family campsite.

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Julie Schablitsky answers questions about her life and work.

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Throughout history, civilizations have developed ways to deal with and honor the dead. From embalming to cremation, funeral services to burial ceremonies, the rituals of death tell us a lot about the living. What do our customs say about our society? And how do our practices shape the way we view our final fate?Including ( Read more... )

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A decade ago, anthropologist Donald Johanson gave us From Lucy to Language, the story of the human family tree as told by fossil remains. The most famous of these remains may be Johanson's own discovery, the Lucy skeleton. Now Lucy has a relative -- the recently discovered Dikika baby -- and scientists are closing in on the complete gene sequence ( Read more... )