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Archaeology

Pesticides affecting the past

Chemicals used to combat agricultural pests can also damage archaeological artifacts

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History

Mercenaries fought against the Carthaginians alongside the Greeks

Mercenaries fought against the Carthaginians alongside the Greeks in 480 B.C.

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The rise and fall of Tupi

The rise and fall of Tupi

Speakers of the language may have numbered 4 to 5 million a millennium ago but began declining sharply before Europeans arrived on the continent

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ARCHAEOLOGY

4,000-year-old arrowheads point to cultural exchanges between England and France

Half of artifacts from an archaeological site in Wales were made using British techniques and materials; the other half used methods and rocks from mainland Europe

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Paleontology

The first bipedal hominids

Considered the oldest representative of the human lineage, the species Sahelanthropus tchadensis lived around seven million years ago

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Archaeology

Ancient peoples dug up the dead

Digging up the dead and then burying them again with adornments was a common mortuary practice for ancient South American peoples

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Dating indicates that skeleton found in Piauí is 9,600 years old

Nicknamed Zuzu, the individual was a contemporary of the oldest human groups in South America

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HISTORY

Possible origin of the Black Death

Black Death may have originated in the region of Eurasia that is now Kyrgyzstan, west of China

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archeology

Genome of Vesuvius victim sequenced for the first time

Genome of Vesuvius victim sequenced for the first time by group of researchers

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Education

Video games in the classroom

Interactive and immersive games can serve as teaching aids

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ARCHEOLOGY

Neanderthals and humans took turns occupying Europe

Neanderthals and humans took turns occupying Europe

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Archaeology

Lower sea, fewer shell mounds

Study suggests a reduction in the level of the Atlantic Ocean 2,200 years ago sparked the collapse of ancient peoples on the Brazilian coast

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Archaeology

233,000-year-old human fossils

The oldest fossils of modern humans ever found are at least 233,000 years old

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Genetics

The rise and fall of Tupi

Speakers of the language may have numbered 4 to 5 million a millennium ago but began declining sharply before Europeans arrived on the continent

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ARCHEOLOGY

A probable crucifixion

A nearly 2,000-year-old skeleton offers possible evidence of a crucifixion

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Chemistry

Paint made of mercury and blood

A 1,000-year-old gold mask that belonged to a leader of the Sicán culture was painted with mineral pigment, human blood, and egg white

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Archaeology

Humans in the Americas 23,000 years ago

Fossilized footprints offer some of the most important evidence that humans first occupied North America much longer ago than has long been believed

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Archaeology

Arrival in the northwest of the Amazon

According to the dating of seeds and carbonized material, the first humans settled in northwestern Amazonia at least 12,600 years ago

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Archaeology

The Koriabo puzzle

Evidence reveals Pre-Columbian ceramic style used by indigenous peoples of the lower Amazon

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archaeology

Geometry in ancient Babylon

A 3,600-year-old circular clay tablet made in Ancient Babylon appears to be the earliest record of applied geometry

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Archaeology

The enigmatic dragon man

An almost complete skull fossil that was hidden for 85 years may belong to a new species of archaic human being

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Archaeology

78,000-year-old human burial

The oldest known burial by modern humans in Africa took place about 78,000 years ago

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History

Population decline in pre-colonial Amazonia

In response to environmental changes, epidemics, or wars, the populational decline of the Amazon region may have started 300 to 600 years before contact with European settlers

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Archaeology

3,000-year-old city in the Valley of the Kings

In early April, archaeologists and the Egyptian government announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old city, the largest ever unearthed in ancient Egypt

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Archaeology

A powerful fertilizer

Archaeological records of plants and grains suggest that agriculture sustained large human settlements in northern Chile for many centuries was established in 1438

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ARCHAEOLOGY

A natural origin for Amazonian dark earths?

Study disputes theory that pre-Columbian peoples produced fertile soil in the Amazon

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Photolab

Cave times

Roughly 7,500 years ago, humans took shelter in Abrigo do Alvo, Analândia, in the state of São Paulo

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Archaeology

The oldest art

A scene portraying pigs native to Indonesia could be the oldest figurative painting attributed to modern humans ever found.

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Archaeology

The interconnected peoples of ancient Amazon

Road networks connected villages as far as 10 km apart and interwove their cultures in pre-Columbian periods

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Archaeology

Neanderthals were weaned at 6 months

New evidence suggests that the weaning age and growth rate of newborn Neanderthals were similar to modern humans

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