Archaeology
Archaeology
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Social inequality in the Bronze Age
Analysis of remains and grave goods found in cemeteries near the city of Augsburg in southern Germany suggests that social inequality is an older phenomenon than previously thought
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Photolab
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Until archaeology do us part
After death, a man and woman in Lapa do Santo, Minas Gerais State, remained together for more than 8,000 years
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Evolution
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3.8-million-year-old skull
A nearly complete hominid skull dated at 3.8 million years old has led to new conclusions about the origins of the genus
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Archaeology
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Egyptian Mummy in Rio Grande do Sul
Researchers have identified the head of an Egyptian mummy who lived 2,500 years ago stored at the 25 de Julho Cultural Center in Cerro Largo, Rio Grande do Sul
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Ethology
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Changes in primate culture
Capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) living in Serra da Capivara National Park in Piauí 3,000 years ago knew how to break and crush fruits and seeds using stones
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Archaeology
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Incans charged agricultural tax
A specific type of quipu may be the first evidence that taxes were collected by the ancient Incan empire
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Archaeology
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Ancient use of psychoactive substances in Bolivia
An international team of anthropologists and bioarchaeologists has identified traces of hallucinogenic substances in a 1,000-year-old leather bag found in the Bolivian Andes
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Archaeology
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São Paulo’s largest rock art
Scientists working on an exploratory research project that began in 2014 have discovered an 80-meter piece of rock art in Ribeirão Bonito, in the center of São Paulo State
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Archaeology
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New species of primitive humans
Homo luzonensis may have lived in the region more than 50,000 years ago
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paleontology
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The day the dinosaurs died
A discovery is helping researchers understand the events that followed the huge meteorite impact that hit Earth 65 million years ago
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Archaeology
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Megamonuments may have originated in France
Archaeologist concluded that the first structures of Stonehenge were created roughly 6,500 years ago in what is now Brittany, northwest France
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Urbanism
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Controversial airport on sacred Incan land
The recently started construction of an international airport in Chinchero, southeastern Peru, has raised concerns about potential damage to archaeological sites in the region
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Archaeology
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National Museum rescues 1,500 pieces
They include exhibit pieces and others that were stored in the museum's archives, as well as equipment, personal objects, and architectural fragments
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History
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France must return African objects
Tens of thousands of African artifacts kept in French museums should be permanently returned if requested by the country of origin
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Archaeogenetics
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When indigenous people occupied Lagoa Santa
Ancient DNA reveals rapid human colonization of South America 14,000 years ago
Archaeology
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The origin of chocolate and camouflaged fungus
Artifacts that belonged to native Americans between 5,300 and 2,100 years ago hold the earliest evidence of the domestication and use of cacao
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HERITAGE
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The pain of loss
Six hours of fire destroyed 200 years of heritage at the largest natural-history museum in Latin America
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Photolab
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Pre-Columbian Culture
Fragments of ceramic figures indicate that at the time there was a cultural connection between peoples across South America
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Archaeology
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Neanderthal mother, Denisovan father
A 13-year-old girl who lived 90,000 years ago in what is now southwestern Siberia is the first described case of a direct descendant of two distinct archaic human groups
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