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Hunted by Neanderthals: Giant Elephants Traveled Hundreds of Miles

1+ hour, 27+ min ago  (309+ words) This extensive mobility, particularly among the males, mirrors the behavior of modern African elephants, where adult males often roam widely in search of resources and mates. The ability to track these movements offers unprecedented insights into how these colossal animals…...

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First Evidence of Habitable Forests in North Sea's 'Lost World"

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (514+ words) First Evidence of Habitable Forests in North Sea's 'Lost World'Ancient Origins First Evidence of Habitable Forests in North Sea's 'Lost World' The Lost World Beneath the North Sea Doggerland, often referred to as the 'Atlantis of Britain', was a vast…...

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A New Face for ‘Little Foot’, the Most Complete Australopithecus Skeleton

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (379+ words) The search for human origins has never been more fruitful, with fossil discoveries pushing back the appearance of the earliest humans (members of the'genus Homo) to'2.8'million years ago, and the development of cutting-edge methods for analyzing these remains such…...

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7.2-Million-Year Femur Hints at 'Out of Bulgaria' Bipedal Origins

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (208+ words) The study has already stirred attention beyond academic circles, with Bulgaria's national news agency BTA highlighting the find as potential evidence that the "earliest bipedal hominins lived in the Balkans." At the same time, the authors stress that the fossil…...

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Late Bronze Age Life in Central Europe Reconstructed Using Ancient DNA

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (294+ words) Because cremation dominates the Urnfield period, the Late Bronze Age has long been a "blind spot" for biomolecular research. The new study published in Nature tackled that gap by focusing on inhumations from Central Europe, while also adding strontium isotope…...

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The Secret Psychedelic of Eleusinian Mysteries Could Have Been Found

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (166+ words) The idea isn't brand new, but the work gives the debate a fresh jolt because it tests a concrete preparation method rather than leaning on vibes, metaphors, or modern wishful thinking. Coverage" by IFLScience"has already framed the findings as…...

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Compared with Neanderthal and Denisovans, Modern Human Lifespan May Be Uniquely Long

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (463+ words) The work, pre-printed in Research Square, but currently not peer-reviewed, also nods to a separate debate: even if the body allows extreme longevity, does modern life - stress, disease, inequality, and environment - actually let many people reach it? That tension sits…...

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Dispersed Egyptian Mummy Masks Reunited Using 3D Metrology

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (948+ words) Sometimes an object can be mostly intact in a museum collection, but with few facts known about its origin.(Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo) Traditionally, evaluating whether a fragment matches up with a specific museum object has relied on visual judgment and…...

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AI Cracks Rules of Roman Board Game Found in the Netherlands

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (433+ words) Excavation of two Roman pottery kilns in the city center of Heerlen, 1940. (Het Romains Museum/Antiquity Publications Ltd) That physical clue became the bridge to a more ambitious question: if the board is real, can we infer the rules? The…...

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Oldest Sewn Hide in Oregon Cave Rewrites Ice Age Clothing History

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (446+ words) Archaeologists have identified the oldest known example of sewn hide, a small fragment of elk hide meticulously stitched with twisted fiber, dating back approximately 12,400 years. Found within Cougar ... Oldest Sewn Hide Found in USA Rewrites Ice Age Clothing History In…...