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Samantha Robinson

Education: B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wake Forest University, 2023

From: Mooresville, NC

Joined David Lab: January 2024

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Dr. Sheila S. David
ssdavid@ucdavis.edu
(530)-752-4280

Department of Chemistry
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616

Science Daily News

5,500-year-old site in Jordan reveals a lost civilization’s secrets November 4, 2025
After the collapse of the Chalcolithic culture around 3500 BCE, people in Jordan’s Murayghat transformed their way of life, shifting from domestic settlements to ritual landscapes filled with dolmens, standing stones, and megalithic monuments. Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen believe these changes reflected a creative social response to climate and societal upheaval.
2.7-million-year-old tools reveal humanity’s first great innovation November 4, 2025
Researchers uncovered a 2.75–2.44 million-year-old site in Kenya showing that early humans maintained stone tool traditions for nearly 300,000 years despite extreme climate swings. The tools, remarkably consistent across generations, helped our ancestors adapt and survive. The discovery reshapes our understanding of how early technology anchored human evolution.

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