Archaeology
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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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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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
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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Archaeology
A giant cat in the Peruvian desert
Archaeologists have identified a new geoglyph on the side of a hill in the desert between the Peruvian cities of Nazca and Palpa
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