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5 Ancient Artifacts Scientists Still Can’t Explain
Archaeology isn't exactly easy, so it's pretty impressive how often we can figure things out about people that aren't around anymore. But that's not always possible, and some mysteries leave archaeologists puzzled for centuries. From...
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How Baboons Led Us to a Lost Civilization
Everyone knows where Punt is, right? The Ancient Egyptians sure did — they traded with them for millennia. But apparently they were *so* familiar with its location, they never bothered to write it down for posterity. So archaeologists...
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How Lava Turned a Rhino Into a Cave
We know that fossils are fragile, and volcanoes are destructive. So you wouldn't think that volcanoes are really any help when preserving fossils... but you'd be wrong! From the Laetoli Footprints to the Blue Lake Rhino, here are five...
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When Did We Start Getting Cavities?
You would think that without dentists and fluoride mouthwash, early humans would have terrible teeth. But tooth decay depends on access to sugars and starches -- meaning most early humans had decent teeth up until the Agricultural...
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These Are The Coolest Fossils From 2023
It's that time of year where we round up all our favorite science discoveries of the year, and today, we're talking fossils. From a wild mosasaur with screwdriver teeth, to glittery gold fossils, and even a mammal-versus-reptile fight to...
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What Took Down These Three Ancient Civilizations?
When it comes to piecing together what happened to civilizations that no longer exist, it can be challenging to solve the mystery. But research into Angkor, the Akkadian Empire, and even the Norse of Greenland, is helping us see that...
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How Horses Went From Food To Friends
Do our modern horses descend from just one domesticated population, or did it happen many times, in many places? Answering these questions has been tricky, as we’ve needed to bring together evidence from art, archaeology, and ancient...
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How Climate Change Helped Dinosaurs Take Over
New research suggests climate change in the past might have helped dinosaurs spread across the world. And modern climate change is revealing some of the things they left behind.
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Doggerland: A Real-Life Atlantis
Though we probably won’t find a literal Atlantis beneath the sea, that doesn’t mean that a human settlement hasn’t ever been lost to the water. Meet Doggerland.
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Origins of Intolerance
Hank's news this week informs us on a couple of crazy science experiments, updates us on some earlier topics (dangerous asteroids and ancient phallic rock art), and briefs us on a new study that seeks to find the evolutionary origins of...
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4 Ways to Date an Archaeological Site
From wasps nests to nuclear reactors. Here are just a few clever ways archeologists figure out how old something is.
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Could We Spot Alzheimer’s Early With RNA? | SciShow News
Detecting diseases early can be a big help when it comes to treating them, and researchers may have gotten one step closer to diagnosing Alzheimer's with a simple blood test.
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The Oldest Shipwreck in the World
Marine archeologists accidentally found the world’s oldest known intact shipwreck, and their work scanning, diving, and exploring has given us some very cool insights into more than just our history sailing the oceans.
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Archeology from Space: Mapping Tombs with Satellites
Sometimes, ancient ruins can be a little out of the way, but with some creativity, we can use satellites for those hard to reach areas.
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Origins of Intolerance
Hank's news this week informs us on a couple of crazy science experiments, updates us on some earlier topics (dangerous asteroids and ancient phallic rock art), and briefs us on a new study that seeks to find the evolutionary origins of...
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Doggerland: A Real-Life Atlantis
Though we probably won’t find a literal Atlantis beneath the sea, that doesn’t mean that a human settlement hasn’t ever been lost to the water. Meet Doggerland.
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Is That Shiny Thing Pretty, or Are You Just Thirsty?
Humans are fascinated by shiny stuff. Not only do we find these things attractive, but we also tend to perceive them as being high quality. Well, turns out this infatuation may be related to our evolutionary relationship to water.
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Ecosystems Around the Globe Contain Echoes of Past Peoples
There’s a common misconception that humans of the past lived in harmony with their environments and left them “pristine and untouched.” However, there is plenty of evidence that these relationships were much more complicated
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How Archaeologists Are Literally Recreating the Past | Experimental Archaeology
Archaeology might make you think about excavating dinosaur bones or exploring ancient ruins, but we can also learn a lot about the past through experimentation, sometimes with some pretty tasty results!
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4 Ways to Date an Archaeological Site
From wasps nests to nuclear reactors. Here are just a few clever ways archeologists figure out how old something is.
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You're Not Welcome in Hierapolis, And The Reason Is Shocking!
New ReviewYou're Not Welcome in Hierapolis, And The Reason Is Shocking!
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Life in the Ice Age (Hunter-Gatherers)
Now that humans are all over the world, what do their lives look like? How were they influenced by the Ice Age that occurred at that time? How complex can hunter-gatherer society become? Let's get a closer look!
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Museum of Evolution unveils 97% complete dinosaur skeleton
Denmark's Museum of Evolution displays a rare, 97% complete skeleton of a Camarasaurus Grandis, a sauropod with a 13-meter neck.
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Vikings May Not Have Been Who We Thought They Were: Tall, Blonde, Or Scandinavian
The research "debunks the modern image of Vikings."