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Archeologists in Egypt Unearth 3000-Year-Old Tombs
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister says Italian archaeologists have unearthed tombs over 3000 years old in the ancient city of Luxor....
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Jared Diamond’s Tales From the World Before Yesterday
From John Brockman at Edge.org: Over the years I’ve had the privilege to work with some of the more...
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Ancient Temple, Ritual Figurines Found in Israel
Just outside of Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered a cache of vessels and figurines inside a 2,750-year-old temple that could...
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Researchers Unlock Ancient Secret of Chinese Medicine
For over a millennium the Chinese have used an herb known as Chang Shan to treat fevers associated with...
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Ancient Bones That Tell a Story of Compassion
While it is a painful truism that brutality and violence are at least as old as humanity, so, it...
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Medieval Tomes Hold Surprising Fossil Record
A smattering of white spots found among the ink in medieval books aren’t just printing errors — they’re actually...
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Europe’s First Farmers Came, Then Went
The first farmers who swept into Europe 6000 to 7000 years ago may have grown too big for their...
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Neanderthals May Have Sailed to Crete
Neanderthals, or even older Homo erectus (“Upright Man”) might have sailed around the Mediterranean, stopping at islands such as...
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Origins of Genetic Blending Between Europeans and Asians
A group of researchers led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has discovered the first scientific evidence of genetic...
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Civilization Is Making Humanity Less Intelligent
The simplicity of modern life is making us more stupid, according to a scientific theory which claims humanity may...