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Why are tarantulas so hairy?Tarantulas use their "hair" for all kinds of things, including smelling and tasting.
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Ancient 20-inch-long hand ax discovered in Saudi Arabia may be world's largestWhat may be the world's largest prehistoric hand ax, measuring over 20 inches long, was found in Saudi Arabia.
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'It's really quite remarkable': An interview with elephant expert Ross MacPhee about the giant pachydermsIn this interview, elephant expert Ross MacPhee explains how the giant animals' tusks record every week of their lives and why their noses are so remarkable.
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Dwarf elephants and shedding mammoths shine at NYC's 'Secret World of Elephants'A new show on "The Secret World of Elephants" at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City dishes on the evolution and remarkable lives of these huge (and sometimes dwarf) pachyderms.
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8 times fossilized human poop dropped big knowledge on us. (Number 2 will surprise you.)Here's the scoop on ancient human poop.
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7 creatures associated with deathFrom bats to hornbills, here are some animals that have historically been associated with death.
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AI reveals scroll's lost text after it was scorched by Mount Vesuvius eruption 2,000 years agoMount Vesuvius' eruption in A.D. 79 carbonized hundreds of scrolls and papyri in the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Now, AI has decoded part of a scroll.
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See gorgeous ancient Egyptian 'mummy portraits' from nearly 2 millennia agoThese ancient 'mummy portraits' provide a window into ancient Egyptian life and culture.
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Catapult designed to launch World War II bomber planes unearthed in EnglandThe WWII catapult, designed to launch bomber planes in southeastern England, was never used.
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The 1st Americans were not who we thought they wereFeature For decades, we thought the first humans to arrive in the Americas came across the Bering Land Bridge 13,000 years ago. New evidence is changing that picture.
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Debate settled? Oldest human footprints in North America really are 23,000 years old, study findsScientists have used several methods to show that human footprints found in White Sands National Park are around 23,000 years old.
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'Very rare' Bronze Age arrow with quartzite tip uncovered from melting ice after 3,000 yearsGlacial archaeologists in Norway have found an arrow with its quartzite tip still attached after spending up to 3,000 years in the snow and ice.
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See the 'amazing' facial reconstruction of a Bronze Age woman discovered crouching in a 4,200-year-old graveFacial reconstruction The skeletal remains of the 'Upper Largie Woman' were found in a quarry in Scotland. Now, scientists have reconstructed the Bronze Age woman's face.
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Paleolithic 'art sanctuary' in Spain contains more than 110 prehistoric cave paintingsCave paintings and engravings dating to at least 24,000 years ago were discovered near Valencia in Spain.
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'Outstanding' 2,200-year-old child's shoe discovered deep underground in Austrian mineA second century B.C. leather shoe found in an Austrian mine offers 'extremely rare insight into the life of Iron Age miners.'
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No one 'expected to find what we did': 4,000-year-old Canaanite arch in Israel may have been used by cultArcheologists discovered the mysterious arch at the end of a narrow, underground passageway that was sealed with sediment shortly after it was built in the Middle Bronze Age.
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Lost 'rainbow cup' coin minted by Celts 2,000 years ago discovered in GermanyLegend has it that "rainbow cups" are drops of gold that fall to Earth at the end of a rainbow.
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Skin cancer: Causes, types, prevention and treatmentSkin cancer, the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the skin, is mainly caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun and tanning equipment.
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Ancient Roman walls discovered in Swiss Alps are an 'archaeological sensation'Archaeologists have unearthed ancient Roman walls in the foothills of the Swiss Alps.
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Medieval girl buried face down with bound ankles, likely so she couldn't 'return' from the graveThe medieval remains of a 15-year-old girl reveal that she was buried face down and with bound ankles at the edge of a settlement.
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Missing 'body' of ice age animal carving finally found — but nobody knows what the animal isThe long-lost 'body' of mysterious ice age animal carving was discovered in German cave, but archaeologists aren't sure if it's a cave lion or cave bear.
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'Exceptional' winged Medusa discovered in Roman-era mosaic in SpainThe 1,800-year-old Medusa mosaic was discovered in the remains of lavish Roman-era house in western Spain.
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Woman who died in deadly Vasa warship's wreck 400 years ago reconstructed in lifelike detailAt first, researchers thought a 17th-century shipwreck skeleton was male. But a new reconstruction reveals her as female, based on results from a genetic analysis done earlier this year.
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1,200-year-old 'Viking graffiti' is the oldest drawing ever discovered in IcelandViking boat graffiti like this record-setting carving are usually "extremely poorly done."
