(AP) -- Mexican archaeologists have found the remains of what appear to be four U.S. soldiers who died in 1846 during the Mexican-American war, the government announced on Thursday.
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H. pylori) have been discovered in gastric tissue from North American mummies. A study of human remains believed to predate Columbus' discovery of the New World has shown for the first time that
H. pylori infection occurred in native populations, according to research published in BioMed Central's open access journal,
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Ancient sunflower fuels debate about agriculture in the Americas
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UF's new owl butterfly species naming rights auctioned for $40,800
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Consortium publishes Phase II map of human genetic variation
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Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid
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