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  • Ancient Tooth From Young Girl Discovered in Cave Unlocks Mystery of Denisovans, a Sister Species of Modern Humans – SciTechDaily
    Google News – Science May 18, 2022
  • Ancient tooth of young girl may be linked to modern human evolution – USA TODAY
    Google News – Science May 18, 2022
  • Tooth proves extinct human species lived in SE Asia 130,000+ years ago – Business Insider
    Google News – Science May 18, 2022
  • Tooth from Laotian cave sheds light on enigmatic extinct humans – NBC News
    Google News – Science May 18, 2022
  • New Fossil Discovery Suggests Denisovans Lived in Laos 164,000-131,000 Years Ago
    Sci-News May 17, 2022
  • Cave discovery in Laos could unlock more about human evolution's biggest mystery – CNN
    Google News – Science May 17, 2022
  • 150,000-Year-Old Human Tooth Is Rare Evidence of the Extinct Denisovans – Gizmodo
    Google News – Science May 17, 2022
  • A Denisovan girl’s fossil tooth may have been unearthed in Laos
    Science News May 17, 2022
  • Ancient Tooth Once Belonged to The Mysterious Denisovans, Scientists Think
    Science Alert May 17, 2022
  • A Never-Before-Seen Mimicry Trick Has Just Been Recorded in Buzzing Bats – ScienceAlert
    Google News – Science May 14, 2022
  • A Never-Before-Seen Mimicry Trick Has Just Been Recorded in Buzzing Bats
    Science Alert May 14, 2022
  • Prehistoric people may have used light from fires to create dynamic art
    Science News May 12, 2022
  • A Giant Sinkhole Has Been Discovered in China With Its Very Own Forest
    Science Alert May 11, 2022
  • Giant sinkhole with a forest inside found in China
    Live Science May 11, 2022
  • Bats buzz like hornets to scare off owl predators – Nature.com
    Google News – Science May 10, 2022
  • These bats imitate hornets to avoid being eaten by owls – National Geographic
    Google News – Science May 9, 2022
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National Cave and Karst Research Institute
400-1 Cascades Avenue
Carlsbad, NM, USA 88220
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Saturday: Closed
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