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Recreate the most ancient primates of Earth
Scientists have revealed the life of the world's oldest primates, living 66 million years ago.
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Sweden discovered an ancient stone tomb of 5,500 years old
A tomb dating to about 5,500 years is believed to belong to a recently discovered Stone Age chief in Sweden.
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Discovering the ancient city in Bermuda Triangle Triangle
On October 24, a group of Canadian scientists unexpectedly discovered an ancient city with four pyramids sunk in the Bermuda Triangle, 700 meters from Cuba's east coast.…
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Discover the oldest turtle fossil in the world
Paleontologists have discovered fossils of the world's oldest and unknown turtle.
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Discover the oldest tomb of the Maya period
Located at the temple site in the province of Retalhuleu (Guatemala), this tomb is said to belong to a ruler of that time, or religious leader about 2,000 years ago.
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Ancient people were able to climb as well as gibbons
A study published on October 25 in the journal
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The largest Neolithic city in China
Archaeologists said the ruins of a 4km-2 city discovered in Shaanxi Province, northwestern China are the largest city of this type in China during the Neolithic period.
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Revealing the gay lover of the Roman emperor
Recently, British scientists have announced a collection of nearly 25,000 ancient Roman antiquities, in which the most remarkable is a bust depicting a gay lover's face.…
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Discover the oldest prehistoric town in Europe
Bulgarian archaeologists say they have discovered the oldest prehistoric town ever seen in Europe.
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Discovered the ancient tomb of the 5th Pharaoh dynasty
Egypt has found an ancient tomb of the Princess of the Fifth Pharaoh dynasty (about 2,500 BC) in the area of Abu Sir, 25 km south of Cairo.
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Mexico: Detection of skull, jaw bone 500 years old
The October 5 announcement of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said Mexican scientists have discovered 45 skull bones and 250 500-year-old jaw b…
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Meat is the driving force of evolution
Scientists explained that human ancestors began to use meat as food about 1.5 million years ago, meaning much earlier than current theories.
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Detecting mummies dying from tooth decay
A mummy of more than 2,000 years old has a mouth full of deep teeth, found in caves in Egypt.
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Discovered 500 million-year-old insect has brain
Fossils discovered in mudstone in Yunnan Province, China are Fuxianhuia protensa, ancient ancestors of arthropods today. They appeared in the Cambrian period dating back…
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Find out where Caesar was assassinated
Spanish researchers have identified the exact location where the murder of Julius Caesar the Great in 44 BC.