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Ancient people also have cancer
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Ancient people also have cancer

Finally, a group of international scientists found the mysterious disease that caused M1's death (a 2,150-year-old mummy). This is the oldest known case of prostate canc…

December 18, 2018
Wrinkling hands is a sign of evolution?
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Wrinkling hands is a sign of evolution?

In the eyes of science, the wrinkling of skin when soaking in water for long time is not merely a physical phenomenon, but may be an adaptation to the environment from a…

December 18, 2018
The Middle East may be the cradle of humanity
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The Middle East may be the cradle of humanity

The fact that archaeologists discovered the human remains dating back 400,000 years in Israel could force the scientific community to rewrite the entire evolutionary sto…

December 18, 2018
New discoveries about cocoa history
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New discoveries about cocoa history

Ancient people in South America may have sipped hot cocoa for centuries before Mexicans began planting this plant around 1900 BC.

December 17, 2018
Like an ancient extinct because ... lazy
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Like an ancient extinct because ... lazy

Laziness is extremely disastrous for Homo Erectus, a distant relative of our modern humanity. They were wiped out after nearly 2 million years of existence.

December 17, 2018
Ancient people eat dogs to turn into
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Ancient people eat dogs to turn into

The team discovered at least 64 dog family species, mainly dogs and some species of wolves, worshiped in the Srubnaya people living in Krasnosamarskoe, near the Ural Mou…

December 17, 2018
Ancient people made iron from meteorites
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Ancient people made iron from meteorites

Archeologists named each period of history based on the popular materials used by humans at the time. Archaeologists found a lot of bronze artifacts in the Bronze Age.

December 17, 2018