Archaeology
Archaeology

Fossil was a giant honeybee hive
Giant honeybee nest mistaken for a fossil, leading to erroneous geological conclusions
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Archaeology

Iron staples inside the walls of Notre-Dame
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris may have been the first to use iron extensively in its construction in the twelfth century
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Archaeology

Potentially oldest artifacts found in the Americas
16,000-year-old artifacts in the US may represent the oldest evidence of the first tool-making technology
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Environment

The ups and downs of Lake Titicaca
The rising water levels of Lake Titicaca flooded its banks and forced Indigenous peoples to migrate to higher ground
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Archaeology

Cambridge returns artifacts from archaeological collection to Nigeria
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is set to return 116 brass, ivory, and wooden artifacts to Nigeria
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Archaeology

Neanderthals were highly carnivorous
They lived in family groups and ate almost exclusively meat
Archaeology

A 4,000-year-old comb for removing head lice
Archaeologists find 4,000-year-old comb for removing head lice
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Archaeology

Azerbaijan tried to erase Armenian culture
Report identifies attempted erasure of Armenian culture in Nakhchivan
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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
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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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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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
By Tiago Jokura
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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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

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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