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Spanish cave paintings confirmed to have been made by the Neanderthals 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Aug 2021 11 1047
How We Domesticated Cats (Twice) 2 Uncle Joe Aug 2021 Sep 2021 17 1005
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Warmest Tent on Earth - Pitching in the Siberian Arctic Winter - Ненецкая палатка чум 2 Uncle Joe Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 837
Neanderthals painted stalagmites red 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 648
Men and women of Roman Herculaneum had different diets, new research shows 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Sep 2021 16 1181
5,500-year-old houses, tombs found in Turkey's Arslantepe 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 755
What is the oldest-known archaeological site in the world? 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 14 982
The first Dutch Neanderthal now has a face 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 8 1099
Why societies collapse Jared Diamond 2 Uncle Joe Sep 2021 Sep 2021 12 1212
Giant pyramid built by the Maya was made from rock spewed by a volcano 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 16 989
Medieval Hebrew document could reveal why Dead Sea Scrolls were found in Qumran 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Oct 2021 12 1124
Uncovering the secrets of an ancient Mayan city 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 3 821
3,500-year-old stone mosaic floor found in Turkey 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 13 924
Secret cave chamber may be one of the last Neanderthal hideouts 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Sep 2021 27 1157
Researchers Uncovered a Long Hidden Chamber in the Famous Gibraltar Cave 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2021 Oct 2021 25 1150
Massive Byzantine-era winery discovered in Israel 2 Jilly_in_VA Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 859
Oldest evidence of humans using tobacco discovered in Utah 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1037
Did Ancient Hebrews Get High During Temple? A New Archaeological Discovery Suggests They Did 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 13 1285
Figures of Babylon: oldest drawing of a ghost found in British Museum vault 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 6 1103
Unfreezing the ice age: the truth about humanity's deep past 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 10 763
Hundreds of Ancient Maya Sites Hidden Under Mexico Reveal a Mysterious Blueprint 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2021 Oct 2021 22 1267
Dogs Have Co-Evolved With Humans Like No Other Species 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 6 1201
5500-year-old pentagon structure found in North China 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 12 918
Bison in Canada Discover Ancient Petroglyphs, Fulfilling an Indigenous Prophecy 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2021 Nov 2021 63 2506
Vikings' 'blood eagle' torture was horrific -- and may have actually happened 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2022 Feb 2022 6 845
Ancient human discoveries dominated 2021. Here's what we learned 2 left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 17 1106
Lines written by 'naughty pupils' among 18,000 ancient pottery fragments found in Egypt 2 Wicked Blue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 7 845
Who were the Scythians? 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 10 866
An Ornate, 5,000-Year-Old Stone Drum Is the U.K.'s Most Significant Prehistoric Art Find in a Centur 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 8 741

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5,300-Year-Old Skull Offers Earliest Known Evidence of Ear Surgery 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2022 Feb 2022 8 956
Controversial rock art may depict extinct giants of the ice age 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2022 Mar 2022 9 833
Subjected to Painful Experiments and Forgotten, Enslaved 'Mothers of Gynecology' Are Honored With Ne 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 4 568
First Americans: no ice-free entry 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 7 771
Volunteers Uncover Rare, 4,800-Year-Old Stone Circle in England 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 11 800
Pompeii victim had spinal tuberculosis when he died 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 3 541
Ancient human tooth discovered in Laos cave may be first Denisovan fossil from South-East Asia 2 Judi Lynn May 2022 May 2022 9 617
Romans ventured deeper into Wales than thought, road discovery shows 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2022 Jun 2022 9 699
Artists Have Been Painting Inside This Spanish Cave for 58,000 Years 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2022 Jun 2022 17 1009
In Algeria, Ancient Cave Art May Show Psychedelic Mushroom Use 2 Judi Lynn Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1006
Fossils in the 'Cradle of Humankind' may be more than a million years older than previously thought 2 Tom Yossarian Joad Jun 2022 Jun 2022 25 1356
New human fossil discovery has everyone questioning the origin of mankind 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 20 948
Scientists Think They've Found a Huge Goddess-Worshiping Lost City In Iraq 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 8 887
5,200-year-old stone carving chrysalis found in north China 2 Judi Lynn Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 840
How Breaking Bad and an Infamous Economist Can Explain the Viking Age 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1060
'Plaza' in ancient city of Cahokia near today's St. Louis was likely inundated year-round 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 17 1138
Cornwall's ancient village with underground tunnels that nobody can explain 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 977
Chief Justice overturns drilling approval at Aboriginal heritage site 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2022 Aug 2022 13 949
Indigenous Sea Gardens Fed Communities, Preserved Ecosystems 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2022 Sep 2022 8 831
Norwich timber henge burnt in Neolithic winter solstice excavated 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 8 744
Ancient Amazonians, unknown until recently, built towering mounds and reshaped the landscape 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 1319
Neanderthal DNA might be linked to smoking, drinking, sleeping patterns in modern humans: study 2 Judi Lynn Oct 2022 Oct 2022 10 951
Prehistoric DNA Reveals Two Groups Migrated to the U.K. After the Last Ice Age 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 32 1288
Human exceptionalism imposes horrible costs on other animals 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 2 486
Book Review: A Psychologist Plumbs the Cultural Roots of Emotion 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 3 580
Anthropologists Find New Ways Female Bones Are Permanently Altered After Giving Birth 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 723
Fossilized Fish Teeth Could Be Earliest Evidence of Cooking 2 Eugene Nov 2022 Nov 2022 7 717
THE COUNTRY OF SCOTLAND HAS OVER 400 DIFFERENT WAYS TO TALK ABOUT SNOW 2 Judi Lynn Nov 2022 Nov 2022 6 614
Oldest scene in world: 11,000-year-old wall relief near Gbeklitepe 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 15 842
3,200 Year-Old Mesopotamian Perfume Recreated 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 15 1026

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Meet Ramesses II: Scientists reconstruct the 'handsome' face of ancient Egypt's most POWERFUL pharao 2 Judi Lynn Dec 2022 Dec 2022 16 1036
Could These Cave Markings Be the Earliest Form of Writing? 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 Jan 2023 14 796
Archaeologists Unearth Viking Hall in Denmark 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 Jan 2023 17 801
Local leaf tearing techniques help chimps flirt in the forest 🐵 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 725
'Princely' tomb of Hun warrior unearthed in Romania 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 946
Lasers revealed 5 ancient civilizations that were hiding in plain sight 2 Judi Lynn Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 1042
Saudi Arabia unveils face of ancient Nabataean woman 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Feb 2023 19 1438
500,000-Year-Old Signs of Extinct Human Species Found in Poland Cave 2 Warpy Feb 2023 Mar 2023 20 1253
Scientists identify corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza using cosmic rays 2 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 13 1516
New Moai statue that 'deified ancestors' found on Easter Island 2 Judi Lynn Feb 2023 Mar 2023 9 1042
Unknown lineage of ice age Europeans discovered in genetic study 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 14 1279
Have we got Ancient Egypt's mummies all wrong? 2 Wicked Blue Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1147
1,000-year-old brick tomb discovered in China is decorated with lions, sea anemones and 'guardian sp 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 1504
Polish-Armenian team discovers 'Golden tomb' dating back 3,200 years 2 Judi Lynn Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 897
ANCIENT RUNES EXPLAINED (AND HOW THEY INFLUENCED THE LORD OF THE RINGS) 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 12 1104
Gruesome cache of severed hands (ancient Egypt) - Ars Technica 2 BootinUp Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 1152
New Evidence Found for Stone Age Children, Thought Lost to Time 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 31 2796
Road Built 7,000 Years Ago Found at The Bottom of The Mediterranean Sea 2 Warpy May 2023 May 2023 12 1642
3,200-year-old tomb uncovered at one of ancient Egypt's most important burial sites 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 11 1755
1,000-Year-Old Native American Canoe Recovered From A North Carolina Lake 2 Judi Lynn Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 1586
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