The Hawaii Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, said that the city of Honolulu did not comply with state historic preservation and burial protection laws by failing to complete an archaeological inventory along the entire route of an elevated rail project before starting construction. “It is undisputed that the rail project has a ‘high’ likelihood […]

A new analysis of the skeleton of a Neanderthal man that was discovered in France in 1957 confirms that he was right-handed. His muscular right arm and shoulder, and scratch marks on his teeth from holding objects, indicate that his right hand was used most often. According to a research team led by Virginie Volpato […]