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Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway
Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway and could help solve mysteries about the days-long barrage that marked ...
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Examining ethical considerations for human remains
In 2022, the Penn Museum announced that it would rebury the skulls of dozens of Black Philadelphian individuals whose remains were unethically obtained in the mid-1800s. Some in the community of the individuals' descendants, ...
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Sep 29, 2023
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Treasure hunters pose a problem for underwater archaeological heritage
There are ancient pirates and modern treasure hunters. They are separated by more than 200 years of history, differences in the available technology, and types of sponsorship that keep them afloat—the former sailing for ...
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Sep 28, 2023
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Evidence of the oldest hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe discovered
A team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), has discovered and analyzed the first direct evidence of basketry among hunter-gatherer societies ...
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Sep 28, 2023
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Students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England, research suggests
A project mapping medieval England's known murder cases has now added Oxford and York to its street plan of London's 14th century slayings, and found that Oxford's student population was by far the most lethally violent of ...
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Sep 27, 2023
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New rooms discovered in Sahura's pyramid
An Egyptian-German mission led by Egyptologist Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled of the Department of Egyptology at Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg (JMU) has made a significant discovery within Sahura's pyramid.
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Sep 27, 2023
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From passerine birds to cranes: Neolithic bird hunting in Upper Mesopotamia
Birds were an important source of food for hunter-gatherer communities in Upper Mesopotamia at the beginning of the Neolithic period, around 9,000 years BCE. This is shown in a new study by SNSB and LMU archaeozoologists ...
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Sep 27, 2023
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Unearthing ancient faith: Byzantine Greek inscription of Psalms 86 found in Hyrcania
Archaeologists from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology recently carried out preliminary excavation at the ancient site of Hyrcania in the northern Judean Desert, coming at the heels of increased ...
Archaeology
Sep 27, 2023
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Study demonstrates the presence of camelids in Cordoba during the Roman and al-Andalus eras
A research team has found the remains of nine different camelids, making Córdoba one of the main sites featuring this animal on the Iberian Peninsula
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Sep 26, 2023
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Ancient Shangzhai people consumed broomcorn millet, meat and dairy of ruminants during the Middle to Late Neolithic
As the crossroads of prehistoric cultures, the Beijing region is an important area for studying the exchange of prehistoric culture and the spread of millet agriculture, while there is a gap of approximately 2,000 years between ...
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Sep 25, 2023
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Researcher detect a Roman-period cranial tumor case
A multidisciplinary team at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has published a paper in the journal Virtual Archaeology Review on a Roman-period meningioma (cranial tumor) found in a ...
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Sep 25, 2023
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South African hominin fossils were sent into space and scientists are enraged
When a Virgin Galactic commercial flight soared into space on 8 September 2023, there were two Virgin Galactic pilots, an instructor and three passengers on board—as well as two fossils of ancient prehuman relatives from ...
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Sep 25, 2023
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Modeling of adhesive technology sheds new light on prehistoric cognition
Studying prehistoric production processes of birch bark tar using computational modeling reveals the kinds of cognition that were required for the materials produced by Neanderthal and early modern humans.
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Sep 25, 2023
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New study refutes origin claim involving Bronze Age tin ingots recovered from shipwreck
Archaeometallurgists have been debating the exact origin of tin used in the Bronze Age for 150 years. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, and in the Bronze Age it was used to make a range of goods including swords, helmets, ...
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Sep 25, 2023
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We carry DNA from extinct cousins like Neanderthals. Science is now revealing their genetic legacy
Neanderthals live on within us.
Archaeology
Sep 25, 2023
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This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood
Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of early humans building with wood.
Archaeology
Sep 24, 2023
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Science paints a new picture of the ancient past, when we mixed and mated with other kinds of humans
What does it mean to be human?
Archaeology
Sep 24, 2023
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A brief history of abortion—from ancient Egyptian herbs to fighting stigma today
You might be forgiven for thinking of abortion as a particularly modern phenomenon. But there's plenty of evidence to suggest that abortion has been a constant feature of social life for thousands of years. The history of ...
Archaeology
Sep 23, 2023
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Workers uncover eight mummies and pre-Inca objects while expanding the gas network in Peru
Some archaeologists describe Peru's capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That's what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales.
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Sep 23, 2023
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The deep genetic structure of Africa reveals unique ancestry of inhabitants of the Angolan Namib
Africa is the birthplace of modern humans and the continent with the highest level of genetic diversity. While ancient DNA studies are revealing some aspects of the genetic structure of Africa before the spread of food production, ...
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Sep 22, 2023
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