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American cannibals

By Stephen Ornes / May 8, 2013

Artists and scientists worked together to create this sculpture that shows what Jane, a colonial American, might have looked like. A study of the teen’s remains indicates she was cannibalized after she died. Credit: StudioEIS, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian

Skull fragment suggests starving colonists may have eaten one of their own

Posted in Ancient Times | Tagged anthropology, archaeology, bones, cannibal, cannibalism, colonial, Douglas Owsley, forensics, getinvolved, history, hunger, James Horn, Jamestown, Jamestown Rediscovery Archaeological Project, shin, skull, Smithsonian Institution, starvation, topstories, William Kelso, Williamsburg

Weird weather

By Roberta Kwok / August 3, 2012

Texas soil cracked by a prolonged drought. Scientists are beginning to link such extreme weather events to global warming. Credit: © Ann Worthy, iStockphoto

Global warming helped trigger heat waves and droughts last year

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Meteorological Society, Chris Funk, climate change, crop losses, David Rupp, East African drought, getinvolved, global warming, greenhouse effect, La Nina, Oregon State University, severe weather, starvation, Texas drought, Thailand flooding, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS