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The world's oldest art has an unintentional story to tell about human exploration. ...
The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. ...
9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groupsA cremation pyre built about 9,500 years ago has been discovered in Africa, ...
They were infected by roundworm, whipworm, and microscopic protozoans called Giardia duodenalis. ...
Australian researchers think the skeleton found in South Africa is not the same species as two found in the same South Africa cave system Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete homini...
We didn't start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.) ...
Latest results from a recently discovered ancient Roman construction site confirm earlier findings. ...
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC An ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-centu...
Study: Moai were created by small, decentralized working groups, not managed by one central "chieftain." ...
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads. ...
Eclipse tables in the Dresden Codex were based on lunar tables and adjusted for slippage over time. ...
Life with humans changed dogs in some dramatic ways, and it didn't take long. ...
