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Receding Danube reveals potential centuries-old catapult stone
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Ancient DNA Reveals Woolly Mammoth With A Sex Chromosome Combination Never Before Seen In An Extinct Species
Ancient DNA studies reveal Ice Age humans deliberately targeted female woolly mammoths and uncovered a never-before-seen sex chromosome combination.
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‘This Is Very Strange’: Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly
Ancient mummy DNA reveals that smallpox brought by European colonization may have been less deadly than later strains.
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Ancient human relative cannibalized both adults and children in a cave in Spain 850,000 years ago, fossils reveal
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500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer shows ancient humans were master toolmakers
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Humanity spoke thousands of languages at the dawn of farming
New research suggests a prehistoric 'golden age' of linguistic diversity where thousands more languages existed before the rise of expanding empires.
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Archaeologists uncover 1,700-year-old Christian city hidden beneath Egypt's desert
Archaeologists in Egypt have revealed a 1,700-year-old Christian residential city from the Byzantine Empire previously hidden beneath the desert.
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Man discovers ancient, 2,700-year-old sword while walking through forest
Archaeologists are baffled by the discovery of a 2,700-year-old bronze sword found standing upright in a forest.
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Ancient Egyptian princesses were skilled archers and used weapons 4,000 years ago, bone study finds
New bone studies reveal ancient Egyptian princesses were skilled archers and fighters 4,000 years ago.
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Bones of Ancient Egyptian Princesses Reveal They Were Kind of Badass
New bone analysis shows ancient Egyptian princesses wielded weapons and hunted, reshaping the image of royal women.
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Oops! Ancient Bronze Age shaman long assumed to be a man was actually a woman, DNA reveals
DNA analysis of the 4,000-year-old Upton Lovell Shaman reveals the individual was a woman, overturning long-held assumptions about Bronze Age roles.
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Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus
Archaeologists have discovered a 2,400-year-old sanctuary dedicated to the worship of Odysseus, sparking renewed debate over the hero's historical existence.
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Archaeologists Just Found the Earliest Known Named Scientist in the Ancient Americas
Archaeologists have deciphered the name of Sak Tahn Waax, the earliest known named scientist in the ancient Americas.
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6,000-year-old infant from ancient Mesopotamia shows one of the world's oldest signs of child abuse
Archaeologists in Syria have uncovered a 6,000-year-old infant's remains showing broken ribs, marking one of the earliest known cases of child abuse.
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Unlikely cave discovery suggests Neanderthals and humans shared a common culture
An ancient Turkish cave discovery indicates Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared a common way of life.
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Gold rings around 2,000 years old found during dig at Thailand archaeological site
Archaeologists in Thailand have unearthed two gold rings dating back 2,000 years, one featuring an inscription.
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Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert
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Here’s How This ‘Hobbit’-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons
New fossil evidence suggests Homo floresiensis survived by scavenging rather than hunting.
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Earliest Americans specialized in megafauna hunting from Alaska to South America, analysis of 50 sites reveals
Analysis of 50 archaeological sites reveals the earliest Americans specialized in megafauna hunting to spread from Alaska to South America.
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An iconic spear-throwing device likely wasn't used by prehistoric hunters until around 10,000 years ago
New archaeological research challenges long-held theories about the timing and methods of North America's earliest hunters.
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Artifacts dating back 400,000 years, found in cave, show ‘complex and rich’ pre-human society
New archaeological discoveries in Israel are prompting a reassessment of the technical sophistication and social complexity of pre-human ancestors.
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Human DNA over 2,000 years old found in caves in Spain and Portugal
Researchers have discovered human DNA over 2,000 years old preserved on cave walls and art in Spain and Portugal for the first time.
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Human DNA can survive on cave walls for thousands of years, opening new window into prehistory
Scientists can now recover ancient human DNA from cave walls, unlocking secrets of prehistoric visitors.
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Scientists have just unlocked the secrets of an ancient scroll torched by Mount Vesuvius
Artificial intelligence has successfully deciphered the text of an ancient papyrus scroll carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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Remarkable photos show ancient human burials uncovered in Egypt, with clues to centuries of changing tradition
New archaeological discoveries in Egypt reveal a layered history spanning Pharaonic treasures, 26th Dynasty structures, and Roman-era burials.
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Welcoming the longest day at Stonehenge, in photos
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A new study rewrites the history of the plague
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Early prototype of Stonehenge unearthed 3 miles from prehistoric landmark
Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old wooden prototype located three miles from Stonehenge that may have aligned with the summer solstice.
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Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
A 5,000‑year‑old Stonehenge ‘prototype’ uncovered three miles from the iconic site
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Solstice-aligned 5,000-year-old monument ‘once in a lifetime find’, say archaeologists
Archaeologists have discovered a 5,000-year-old, solstice-aligned monument situated just miles from Stonehenge, with remnants extending under a private home.
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A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death
Ancient DNA analysis identifies a plague outbreak dating back 5,500 years, predating the Black Death by nearly five millennia.
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In African cave, Israeli, international scientists find signs of earliest use of fire
An international team of researchers has uncovered evidence in a South African cave suggesting humans used fire nearly 1.8 million years ago.
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Scientists Uncover What Kept Humanity’s First Campfires Burning 780,000 Years Ago
Recent scientific findings push back humanity's earliest known use of fire and reveal new details about ancient campfires.
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A cave in the Pyrenees at 7,330 feet above sea level contained 23 ancient fireplaces, traces of a child, and green stones that prehistoric people appear to have been climbing up there to process as copper ore for over 4,000 years
Archaeological findings in a high-altitude Pyrenees cave reveal evidence of 5,500-year-old industrial activity and prehistoric copper processing.