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Ritual Sacrifice Of 137 Children Found At 15th-Century Archaeological Site In Peru

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Ritual Sacrifice Of 137 Children Found At 15th-Century Archaeological Site In Peru

George Dvorsky

‘Elixir Of Immortality’ Uncovered In 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Tomb

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‘Elixir Of Immortality’ Uncovered In 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Tomb

George Dvorsky

Temple Dedicated To Aztec God Of Sacrificial Flaying Uncovered In Mexico

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Temple Dedicated To Aztec God Of Sacrificial Flaying Uncovered In Mexico

Skull Soup, Viking Tech, And More: The Wildest Archaeological Discoveries Of 2018

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Skull Soup, Viking Tech, And More: The Wildest Archaeological Discoveries Of 2018

George Dvorsky

Scientists Virtually Reconstruct Magnificent Pre-Incan Temple

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Scientists Virtually Reconstruct Magnificent Pre-Incan Temple

George Dvorsky

Young Warrior In Gruesome Iron Age Grave Was ‘Killed’ Again After Death

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Young Warrior In Gruesome Iron Age Grave Was ‘Killed’ Again After Death

George Dvorsky

Three New DNA Studies Are Shaking Up The History Of Humans In The Americas

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Three New DNA Studies Are Shaking Up The History Of Humans In The Americas

How Industrial-Scale Tar Production Powered The Viking Age

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How Industrial-Scale Tar Production Powered The Viking Age

Discovery Of Ancient Spearpoints In Texas Has Some Archaeologists Questioning The History Of Early Americas

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Discovery Of Ancient Spearpoints In Texas Has Some Archaeologists Questioning The History Of Early Americas

Pieces Of Ancient Luzia Skull Recovered From Scorched Brazilian Museum

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Pieces Of Ancient Luzia Skull Recovered From Scorched Brazilian Museum

New Theory Explains Why Europe’s Original Dogs Vanished

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New Theory Explains Why Europe’s Original Dogs Vanished

Ancient Viking Ship Found Buried Next To Busy Norwegian Freeway

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Ancient Viking Ship Found Buried Next To Busy Norwegian Freeway

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Archaeologists Find Oldest Example Of Nutmeg-Spiced Food

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Archaeologists Find Oldest Example Of Nutmeg-Spiced Food

George Dvorsky

Hidden Pyramid Among Thousands Of Ancient Maya Structures Revealed By New Aerial Survey

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Hidden Pyramid Among Thousands Of Ancient Maya Structures Revealed By New Aerial Survey

George Dvorsky

Ancient Bronze Hand Found In Switzerland Mystifies Archaeologists

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Ancient Bronze Hand Found In Switzerland Mystifies Archaeologists

George Dvorsky

Primate Relationships Are Messier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests

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Primate Relationships Are Messier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

Humans Lived In Madagascar 6000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

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Humans Lived In Madagascar 6000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

George Dvorsky

Archaeologists Have Found The World’s Oldest Known Drawing In A South African Cave

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Archaeologists Have Found The World’s Oldest Known Drawing In A South African Cave

We’re Learning More About The Contents Of That Mysterious Egyptian Sarcophagus

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We’re Learning More About The Contents Of That Mysterious Egyptian Sarcophagus

Ancient Cemetery Packed With Hundreds Of Bodies Discovered In Kenya

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Ancient Cemetery Packed With Hundreds Of Bodies Discovered In Kenya

Ancient Egyptians Mastered Mummification Long Before The Time Of Pharaohs

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Ancient Egyptians Mastered Mummification Long Before The Time Of Pharaohs

New Evidence Contradicts Theory That Easter Island Society Collapsed

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New Evidence Contradicts Theory That Easter Island Society Collapsed

Humans May Have Reached North America By More Than One Route

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Humans May Have Reached North America By More Than One Route

Ancient Mass Graves Could Be Filled With Tsunami Victims

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Ancient Mass Graves Could Be Filled With Tsunami Victims

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

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Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed And Unethical

George Dvorsky

Discovery Of 14,000-Year-Old Toast Suggests Bread Can Be Added To Palaeo Diet

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Discovery Of 14,000-Year-Old Toast Suggests Bread Can Be Added To Palaeo Diet

George Dvorsky

Ötzi The Iceman’s Final Meal Was Surprisingly Hearty

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Ötzi The Iceman’s Final Meal Was Surprisingly Hearty

George Dvorsky

Discovery Of Stone Tools In China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago

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Discovery Of Stone Tools In China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago

George Dvorsky

Humans Didn’t Evolve From A Single Ancestral Population

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Humans Didn’t Evolve From A Single Ancestral Population

George Dvorsky

A Toddler Who Lived 3 Million Years Ago Could Walk Upright And Capably Climb Trees

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A Toddler Who Lived 3 Million Years Ago Could Walk Upright And Capably Climb Trees

George Dvorsky

How Far Can You Get Away From Technology?

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How Far Can You Get Away From Technology?

Final Days Of Ötzi The Iceman Revealed Through New Analysis Of His Tools

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Final Days Of Ötzi The Iceman Revealed Through New Analysis Of His Tools

Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing The Earth Since Well Before The Industrial Revolution

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Human Activity Has Been Chemically Changing The Earth Since Well Before The Industrial Revolution

Ancient Egyptian Mummified ‘Hawk’ Is Actually A Stillborn Human Baby

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Ancient Egyptian Mummified ‘Hawk’ Is Actually A Stillborn Human Baby

Pompeii Resident Had His Head Crushed By A Giant Stone While Fleeing Eruption

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Pompeii Resident Had His Head Crushed By A Giant Stone While Fleeing Eruption

Something Completely Unexpected Happened To The First Settlers Of South America

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Something Completely Unexpected Happened To The First Settlers Of South America

New Evidence Reveals A 17,000-Year-Old Coastal Route Into North America

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New Evidence Reveals A 17,000-Year-Old Coastal Route Into North America

A Bizarre Bone Ritual Followed A Grisly Iron Age Battle In Denmark

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A Bizarre Bone Ritual Followed A Grisly Iron Age Battle In Denmark

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Genetic Analysis Suggests Squirrels Contributed To The Global Spread Of Leprosy

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Genetic Analysis Suggests Squirrels Contributed To The Global Spread Of Leprosy

George Dvorsky

Stunning Discovery Shows Early Humans Were Hunting Rhinos In The Philippines Over 700,000 Years Ago

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Stunning Discovery Shows Early Humans Were Hunting Rhinos In The Philippines Over 700,000 Years Ago

George Dvorsky

Did Neanderthals Go Extinct Because Of The Size Of Their Brains?

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Did Neanderthals Go Extinct Because Of The Size Of Their Brains?

George Dvorsky

This Recently Discovered Fifth-Century Massacre In Sweden Is So Game Of Thrones We Can’t Even Handle It

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This Recently Discovered Fifth-Century Massacre In Sweden Is So Game Of Thrones We Can’t Even Handle It

George Dvorsky

Why Papuan Men Made Daggers From Human Thigh Bones

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Why Papuan Men Made Daggers From Human Thigh Bones

George Dvorsky

Medieval Italian Man Replaced His Amputated Hand With A Knife

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Medieval Italian Man Replaced His Amputated Hand With A Knife

Sweet Potato DNA Challenges Theory That Polynesians Beat Columbus To America

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Sweet Potato DNA Challenges Theory That Polynesians Beat Columbus To America

88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found In Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History

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88,000-Year-Old Middle Finger Found In Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Human History

Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

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Why Neanderthals Had Faces That Were So Different From Ours

Supposedly Empty Egyptian Coffin Actually Contains A Mummy

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Supposedly Empty Egyptian Coffin Actually Contains A Mummy

Confronted With Severe Climate Change, Ancient Britons Kept Calm And Carried On

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Confronted With Severe Climate Change, Ancient Britons Kept Calm And Carried On

Dead Medieval Woman ‘Gave Birth’ To Baby In Coffin

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Dead Medieval Woman ‘Gave Birth’ To Baby In Coffin

Ancient Climate Swings Forced Early Humans To Get Their Crap Together And Innovate

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Ancient Climate Swings Forced Early Humans To Get Their Crap Together And Innovate

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Lock Of George Washington’s Hair Found Tucked Inside Old Book

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Lock Of George Washington’s Hair Found Tucked Inside Old Book

George Dvorsky

Human Skulls Mounted On Stakes Found At 8,000-Year-Old Burial Site In Sweden

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Human Skulls Mounted On Stakes Found At 8,000-Year-Old Burial Site In Sweden

Amazing Life-Sized Sculptures Of Camels And Horses Discovered In Saudi Arabia

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Amazing Life-Sized Sculptures Of Camels And Horses Discovered In Saudi Arabia

Ancient Grave With Skeletons Arranged in Bizarre Spiral Formation Discovered In Mexico

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Ancient Grave With Skeletons Arranged in Bizarre Spiral Formation Discovered In Mexico

Before Our Species Left Africa, Now-Extinct Humans Made These Fancy Tools In India

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Before Our Species Left Africa, Now-Extinct Humans Made These Fancy Tools In India

Discovery Of Unknown Ancient Population Changes Our Understanding Of How North America Was Settled

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Discovery Of Unknown Ancient Population Changes Our Understanding Of How North America Was Settled

George Dvorsky

Morbid Experiment Proves This Neolithic Weapon Was An Effective Skull Crusher

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Morbid Experiment Proves This Neolithic Weapon Was An Effective Skull Crusher

George Dvorsky

There’s A New Species Of Orangutan And It’s Already In Danger

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There’s A New Species Of Orangutan And It’s Already In Danger

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ancient Skull Fragment Likely Belongs To Oldest Known Tsunami Victim

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Ancient Skull Fragment Likely Belongs To Oldest Known Tsunami Victim

Neanderthals With Disabilities Survived Through Social Support

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Neanderthals With Disabilities Survived Through Social Support

Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realised

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Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realised

George Dvorsky

Exquisite Skeleton Of A Neanderthal Kid Offers Clues To Human Evolution

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Exquisite Skeleton Of A Neanderthal Kid Offers Clues To Human Evolution

George Dvorsky

Origin Of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought

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Origin Of Zero Symbol Is Centuries Older Than Previously Thought

George Dvorsky

Genetic Analysis Offers First Strong Evidence Of Female Viking Warriors

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Genetic Analysis Offers First Strong Evidence Of Female Viking Warriors

New Experiment Reveals Secret Behind 200,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Glue

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New Experiment Reveals Secret Behind 200,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Glue

Bone Etchings Suggest Ancient Cannibals Weren’t Just Doing It For The Meat

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Bone Etchings Suggest Ancient Cannibals Weren’t Just Doing It For The Meat

George Dvorsky

Did Scientists Just Discover The Last Common Ancestor Of All Apes?

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Did Scientists Just Discover The Last Common Ancestor Of All Apes?

George Dvorsky

Ötzi The Iceman’s Axe Came From Surprisingly Far Away

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Ötzi The Iceman’s Axe Came From Surprisingly Far Away

Archaeologists Unearth ‘Grave Of Giants’ In China

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Archaeologists Unearth ‘Grave Of Giants’ In China

Ancient Manufacturing Technique Exposed Native Californians To Dangerous Toxins

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Ancient Manufacturing Technique Exposed Native Californians To Dangerous Toxins

This 3000-Year-Old Copper Mask Is Rewriting South American History

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This 3000-Year-Old Copper Mask Is Rewriting South American History

Incredible Discovery Pushes Back Origin Of Homo Sapiens By 100,000 Years

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Incredible Discovery Pushes Back Origin Of Homo Sapiens By 100,000 Years

Over 7000 Bodies May Be Buried Beneath Mississippi University

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Over 7000 Bodies May Be Buried Beneath Mississippi University

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Scientists Say Medieval Villagers Mutilated Corpses To Prevent A Zombie Apocalypse

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Scientists Say Medieval Villagers Mutilated Corpses To Prevent A Zombie Apocalypse

Mice Have Been Mooching Off Humans For An Astounding 15,000 Years

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Mice Have Been Mooching Off Humans For An Astounding 15,000 Years

This 3000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword Is Absolutely Incredible

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This 3000-Year-Old Bronze Age Sword Is Absolutely Incredible

George Dvorsky

What Ötzi the Iceman’s Voice Sounded Like

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What Ötzi the Iceman’s Voice Sounded Like

Jennifer Ouellette

The Same Microbe That Led To Black Death Also Caused A Huge Plague Centuries Before

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The Same Microbe That Led To Black Death Also Caused A Huge Plague Centuries Before

Jennifer Ouellette

We Were Wrong About How Ancient Humans Colonised North America

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We Were Wrong About How Ancient Humans Colonised North America

Ancient Stone Tools Hint At The Real Paleo Diet

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Ancient Stone Tools Hint At The Real Paleo Diet

Cancer Has Been A Deadly Problem For Longer Than We Thought

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Cancer Has Been A Deadly Problem For Longer Than We Thought

Ancient Campfires May Have Unleashed Humanity’s Top Bacterial Killer

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Ancient Campfires May Have Unleashed Humanity’s Top Bacterial Killer

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How A Powerful Obesity Gene Helped Samoans Conquer The South Pacific

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How A Powerful Obesity Gene Helped Samoans Conquer The South Pacific

George Dvorsky

Roman Troops Used Whistling Projectiles To Terrify The Enemy

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Roman Troops Used Whistling Projectiles To Terrify The Enemy

8 Incredible Facts You May Not Know About Human Evolution

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8 Incredible Facts You May Not Know About Human Evolution

The World’s Oldest Computer May Have Been Used To Predict The Future

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The World’s Oldest Computer May Have Been Used To Predict The Future

George Dvorsky

Ancestral Remains Of Mysterious ‘Hobbit’ Species Uncovered On Indonesian Island

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Ancestral Remains Of Mysterious ‘Hobbit’ Species Uncovered On Indonesian Island

George Dvorsky

Where Did Kissing Come From?

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Where Did Kissing Come From?

Robbie Gonzalez

Parts Of That ‘Lost Maya City’ Might Actually Be A Marijuana Grow-Op

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Parts Of That ‘Lost Maya City’ Might Actually Be A Marijuana Grow-Op

Experts Doubt That A Teen Found A Lost Maya City

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Experts Doubt That A Teen Found A Lost Maya City

The Brilliantly Weird Plan To Reconstruct Leonardo Da Vinci’s Genome

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The Brilliantly Weird Plan To Reconstruct Leonardo Da Vinci’s Genome

Listen To A Song That Hasn’t Been Heard For A Thousand Years

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Listen To A Song That Hasn’t Been Heard For A Thousand Years

George Dvorsky

Artificial Intelligence Sheds New Light On The Origins Of The Bible

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Artificial Intelligence Sheds New Light On The Origins Of The Bible

Maddie Stone

Batman And The Rise Of Nerd Culture

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Batman And The Rise Of Nerd Culture

Glen Weldon

Ancient Warrior Found Buried With Ritualistic Spears Stabbed Into His Body

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Ancient Warrior Found Buried With Ritualistic Spears Stabbed Into His Body

These Ancient ‘Hand Prints’ Were Not Made By Human Hands

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These Ancient ‘Hand Prints’ Were Not Made By Human Hands

George Dvorsky

Sunken Bronze Age Settlement Is The ‘Pompeii’ Of Britain

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Sunken Bronze Age Settlement Is The ‘Pompeii’ Of Britain

This Rediscovered Leather Trunk Contains Thousands Of Letters From The 17th Century

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This Rediscovered Leather Trunk Contains Thousands Of Letters From The 17th Century

The Controversy Over Homo Naledi Is Actually A Good Thing

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The Controversy Over Homo Naledi Is Actually A Good Thing

Kiona Smith-Strickland