Bacteria-like microbes trapped in salt crystals in the ancient sediments of California's Saline Valley may have survived for tens of thousands of years.
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Neanderthals of a Certain Age
Whatever advantages fully modern humans enjoyed over their Neanderthal neighbors, lifespan was not among them, according to a new study of the longevity of our Pleistocene predecessors.
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