One of the most complete human ancestors ever found is not who we thought he was

In 1998, researchers discovered one of the most complete human ancestral fossils known in South Africa’s Sterkfontein Caves. Nearly two decades later, Ronald Clarke, the paleoanthropologist who led the excavation and analysis, identified the remains as a Australopithecus prometheuswhile others argued that it was a African Australopithecus. New research suggests it’s neither. In investigation Published…

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2006 IPCC guidelines may change national greenhouse gas inventories

Under the Paris agreement, each country must provide a reliable inventory of greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) using guidance provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Under the Enhanced Transparency Framework, each country must apply the 2006 IPCC guidelines to complete greenhouse gas inventories. The…

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