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‘Frankenstein’ Mummies Are a Mix of Corpses
Mummies found off the coast of Scotland are Frankenstein-like composites of several corpses, researchers say. This mixing of remains...
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Nine Percent of Today’s Warming Caused By Preindustrial People
Humans started causing climate change long before the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the fossil fuel era. A...
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Ancient Hunter-Gatherers Kept in Touch
Until about 8500 years ago, Europe was populated by nomadic hunter-gatherers who hunted, fished, and ate wild plants. Then,...
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Pottery Alters View of Human Development
Pottery fragments found in a south China cave have been confirmed to be 20,000 years old, making them the...
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Ancient Text Gives Clue to Mysterious Radiation Spike
Eighth-century jump in carbon-14 levels in trees could be explained by "red crucifix" supernova.
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Queen of Sheba Left Genetic Legacy to Ethiopians
Ethiopians's long-ago genetic mixing with populations from Israel and Egypt is a legacy of the Queen of Sheba and...
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Once-Green Sahara Hosted Early African Dairy Farms
The sandy dunes of the Sahara may seem an unlikely place for a dairy farm, but about 7,000 years...
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Animated Stone Age Art
Welcome to Animation Domination, Stone Age style. By about 30,000 years ago, Europeans were using cartoon-like techniques to give...
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Mysterious Radiation Burst Recorded in Tree Rings
Just over 1,200 years ago, the planet was hit by an extremely intense burst of high-energy radiation of unknown...
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Huge Ancient Civilization’s Collapse Attributed to Climate Change
The mysterious fall of the largest of the world’s earliest urban civilizations nearly 4,000 years ago in what is...