Scandinavian museums use Viking history to negotiate the tension between popular myths, archaeological evidence, and…
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Tutankhamun’s 1925 examination left behind evidence that official accounts largely omitted. A closer look at…
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Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding…
The story of Earth’s first animals may need rewriting after ancient fossils revealed an earlier…
A deep ocean whale graveyard is revealing new clues about whale evolution and the ecosystems…
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Lifting weights for about one to two hours a week may support longer life, especially…
A long drought on Flores may have helped drive Homo floresiensis and its prey away…
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