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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

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'I am horrified': Archaeologists are fuming over ancient human relative remains sent to edge of space (www.livescience.com)
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Fragmentary remains of two ancient human relatives, Australopithecus sediba and Homo naledi, were carried aboard a Virgin Galactic flight on Sept. 8. Departing from Spaceport America in New Mexico, the fossils, carried by South African-born billionaire Timothy Nash in a cigar-shaped tube, were rocketed to the edge of space.

"I am horrified that they were granted a permit," Sonia Zakrzewski, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Southampton in the U.K., wrote in an X thread, noting she would use it as an example in her class about unethical approaches. "This is NOT science."

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[โ€“] charlytune@mander.xyz 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ITT: people who know nothing about and have no interest in archaeology and paleontology arguing why this doesn't matter. You guys do know you've wandered into an Archaeology thread, right?

[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 4 points 1 year ago

Something about South African billionaires just turns brains to mush.