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Understanding the evolution, dispersals, behaviors, and ecologies of early African Homo sapiens requires accurate geochronological placement of fossils and artifacts. We introduce open-air occurrences of such remains in sediments of the Middle Awash study area in Ethiopia. We describe the stratigraphic and depositional contexts of our discoveries and demonstrate the effectiveness of recently developed uranium-series dating of ostrich eggshell at validating and bridging across more traditional ra...

Through analysis of satellite imagery, researchers of the University of Amsterdam found a substantial loss of green space in the cities of Amsterdam

Expansion of rubber plantations in north-eastern Cambodia: Green tones are forest areas, beige to brown tones are annual crops, and orange to dark red tones are rubber plantationsOver the past half century, countries of South and Southeast Asia have witnessed a major shift from predominantly subsistence agriculture to industrialized economies.

Scientists say the site collapsed on its own and may already be useless. this is a view of the facility simple space provided by digital globe. were expecting the north koreans to blow up the side of a mountain and seal some tunnels. theres word we could see video of the demolition tomorrow morning that depends on the weather. greg palkot is live in seoul, south korea with more. greg? >> trace, probably the best sign about whether there are any serious bumps in u.s.-north korea diplomacy could b...

The to. the fast pace of life in the digital globe show the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information. and interviews with the makers and users. should be in fifteen minutes on the boom the because the bundesliga likes. to francesco some amazing champions league can take on troubled storms the

The cost of the damage caused by hurricane katrina back in 2005. we also received some high-resolution satellite image of the damage hurricane irma caused as it slammed into the islands of the caribbean as a category 5 storm. some of these areas remain very difficult for rescue crews to get into right now. these pictures, by the way, have been provided to us by digital globe. look at this. this is road town on the island of tortola before the storm. and after. next, on the turks and caicos islan...

Were back with break news coverage of the hurricane disaster in florida where officials and residents are just beginning to get a handle on all the destruction. weve also just received some high-resolution satellite images of the damage hurricane irma caused as it slammed into the islands of the caribbean as a category 5 storms. some of these areas rhee remain very difficult for rescue crews to get into. the pictures youre about to see have been provided to us by digital globe. look at this. thi...

To the crisis here on the border. >> hes immobilized not because hes over his head as he is in ukraine or libya or elsewhere but because he is politically cynical. on the one hand he has his left and his strong support from activist who would oppose him if he did anything serious about closing the border. on the other hand hes got the  country that is appalled and aghast we have lost control of the border we have a crisis which is essentially of his own making in not enforcing the border. so he...

People are looking at this spot off the coast of australia, and theres been very little talk today about the terrorism theories that weve been hearing so much about in the last ten days. >> jennifer, so, you know, ive seen video of drones that can literally read a license plate from several thousand feet in the air. im wondering these images that were sent by this company, digital globe, is there a way -- has anyone taken and zoomed in on them and find out that theres a lot of speculation that i...

Anxieties. >> howard, you mentioned the interactive, how much railroad seeing in terms of this online search effort? >> well, digital globe, which is a place you can go and actually look at grids, and its a huge area. its the size of continents there. 3 million hits, which is astounding, which is astounding, and ill say a couple things, the wisdom of crowds is good if enough people see something in one area, i think thats important for the authorities to note, but i would also say that what the ...