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16th-century silver coin discovered near Strait of Magellan marks the spot of a doomed Spanish colonyThe newfound coin dates to the 1584 founding of a doomed Spanish settlement in southern Chile.
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DNA reveals ancestry of man buried in Stone Age monument in Spain, but his religion remains a mysteryIn the Middle Ages, a man was buried in a Stone Age monument in what is now Spain. Now, we finally know his genetic roots, but his religious beliefs are still a mystery.
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'They could spend 4 or 5 hours per day underwater': How humans adapted to the most challenging environmentsBOOK In the book "Adaptable," evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer explores human biology and development, and how people have evolved to survive everywhere on Earth.
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Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral 'gown' that was in vogue during the Old KingdomAstonishing Artifacts This rare example of an ancient Egyptian beaded dress was likely crafted specifically for a woman's funeral.
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Shroud of Turin, claimed to be Jesus' burial cloth, contaminated with carrot and red coral DNAAn analysis of samples taken from the Shroud of Turin, the cloth thought by some to have been wrapped around Jesus, reveals a rich tapestry of animal and plant DNA. But what does it mean?
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What happened to the Minoan civilization?The Minoan civilization flourished between roughly 2000 and 1500 B.C. on Crete and nearby islands. How did it come to an end?
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Homo habilis is the earliest named human. But is it even human?Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, humans appeared in Africa — but identifying them in the fossil record is turning out to be surprisingly difficult.
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Ancient children's teeth reveal a syphilis-like disease was spreading in Vietnam 4,000 years agoRemains from three Stone Age children in Vietnam may challenge long-standing ideas about the origin of syphilis, scientists say.
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Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study revealsA new study shows that dice and games of chance date back thousands of years earlier than experts previously thought.
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