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This is a photograph of El Gran Abuelo, aka the Great Grandfather Tree, which is thought to be the oldest tree in the world. Its very thick trunk is surrounded by other green trees.

Is this the oldest tree in the world?

By Tia Ghose published

Using a new computer model to determine the age of the tree, it was found that the Gran Abuelo could be roughly 5,400 years old.

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Screenshot from a 3D animation of the Cotoca site. In the center, at the highest point, you see the highest point of a hill.

Lasers reveal 'lost' pre-Hispanic civilization deep in the Amazon

By Tom Metcalfe published

Settlements from a "lost" Amazonian civilization were found.

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Water flows into the Minnesota River from a pipe connected to the Blue Lake treatment plant in Shakopee, Minnesota.

Kayakers find 8,000-year-old human skull in Minnesota

By Stephanie Pappas published

A pair of kayakers discovered a skull fragment near the Minnesota River. Authorities were shocked to learn that the bone was 8,000 years old.

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American photojournalist and founder of the Ancient Art Archive Stephen Alvarez in the 19th newly identified but unnamed cave in Alabama.

Largest known cave art images in US by Indigenous Americans discovered in Alabama

By Callum McKelvie published

Using a 3D scanning process known as photogrammetry, archeologists have uncovered five previously unknown giant cave paintings.

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Amazon river

Amazon: Earth's mightiest river

By Traci Pedersen published

Reference The Amazon River is a massive, intricate water system. It is by far the largest river on Earth in terms of volume and width.

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Screenshot from an underwater video of a Gentoo penguin feasting on sardines in the Beagle Channel, Argentina

Spellbinding new 'selfie' video captures penguin feasting on giant sardine ball

By Patrick Pester published

A spellbinding new video captures a Gentoo penguin's point of view as it feasts on a giant ball of sardines alongside diving albatross and cormorants.

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The so-called lost city in La Mosquitia as it may have appeared around 4,000 years ago.

Are these ancient ruins in Honduras the legendary 'White City'?

By Mindy Weisberger published

Filmmakers documented the expedition to a remote part of the Honduran rainforest in La Mosquitia.

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A photo of Legendary Native American leader Sitting Bull taken in 1885.

Great-grandson of iconic Native American leader Sitting Bull confirmed by DNA analysis

By Harry Baker published

A new study which analyzed the DNA in a hair sample from iconic Native American leader Sitting Bull has confirmed the identity of his great-grandson.

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These lidar images show San Lorenzo (left), an Olmec site that peaked between 1400 B.C. and 1150 B.C.), and Aguada Fénix (right), a Maya site primarily occupied between 1000 B.C. and 800 B.C. Both show a similar pattern of 20 rectangular platforms lining the plaza. In later Maya calendars, 20 was the base unit for counting days, suggesting that this timekeeping system was already in development before 1000 B.C.

Hidden Maya complexes hint that the famous calendar was already in use 3,400 years ago

By Stephanie Pappas published

Ancient Maya and Olmec cities may have been built on a blueprint dating back to 1400 B.C.

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The Grand Plaza with the North Acropolis and Temple I at Tikal in Guatemala.

Why did the Maya civilization collapse?

By Owen Jarus published

Here's why some Maya city states fell about 1,000 years ago.

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