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Early human relatives purposefully crafted stones into spheres 1.4 million years ago, study claimsThe stone spheres were crafted by early hominins who were trying to create symmetry in the objects, a new study suggests.
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Who were the first farmers?Farming fundamentally altered the way humans live, eventually changing people from nomadic hunter-gatherers to sedentary city-dwellers.
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Divers recover US airman's remains from WWII bomber wreck near MaltaThe remains have been identified as those of a gunner killed when the badly damaged aircraft crashed into the sea in 1943.
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Mysterious 17th-century 'cauldron' may be primitive submarine used to salvage treasure from a sunken galleonThe object was found on the seafloor off Florida, near the wreck of a Spanish treasure galleon.
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Wreckage from Tuskegee airman's warplane recovered from Lake HuronThe recovered wreck will help tell the full story of America's first Black military pilots.
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See the likeness of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who led Scottish clan uprising against the British crownThe new look of Charles Edward Stuart as a young man is based on forensic studies of his death masks.
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Synagogue unearthed in Russia may be one of the oldest outside Israel. But not everyone is convinced.Archaeologists think the temple dates to the first century B.C., before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
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Europe's oldest known village teetered on stilts over a Balkan lake 8,000 years agoThe village likely dates to the time of Europe's first farmers, who arrived from Anatolia about 8,000 years ago.
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Ötzi the Iceman may have been bald and getting fat before his murder 5,300 years agoA new DNA analysis reveals that Ötzi the Iceman was genetically predisposed to male-pattern baldness, diabetes and obesity.
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Europe's 1st humans were likely wiped out by a sudden freeze 1.1 million years agoEurope underwent "extreme cooling" about 1.1 million years ago, which coincides with a gap in hominin habitation, a new study finds.
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400-year-old 'vampire child' found buried with its foot padlocked to stop it rising from the graveThe child was buried face-down and with an iron padlock on its foot.
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29 lost burials archaeologists have yet to find (and 1 they did)The burials of famous people provide enduring archaeological mysteries. Here are 30 of the most acclaimed "lost" tombs.
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What are the origins of the Nazi swastika?The Nazi symbol is not the same as the ancient Hindu symbol.
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Ancient Roman boat from empire's frontier unearthed in Serbian coal mineCoal miners found the remains of a Roman boat that likely supplied an ancient frontier city and military headquarters.
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4,000-year-old cemetery discovered at future rocket launch site in UKArchaeologists think the burial site dates from about 4,000 years ago, during the Bronze Age.
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3,000-year-old untouched burial of 'charioteer' discovered in SiberiaThe discovery implies horse-drawn chariots were once used in the region, but none have been found.
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Evidence of Roman-era 'death magic' used to speak with the deceased found near JerusalemResearchers think the morbid practice originated with pagan people who settled in the region after the Romans drove out the Jews.
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Elite Bronze Age tombs laden with gold and precious stones are 'among the richest ever found in the Mediterranean'The obvious wealth of the tombs was based on the local production of copper, which was in great demand at the time to make bronze.
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Metal detectorists find buried WWII aircraft in Ukraine while disarming wartime bombThe aircraft were sent to the Soviet Union in 1941 to help the Allied war effort, but they were dumped to avoid payment.
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Viking sword from warrior's grave unearthed in family's yard in NorwayThe Viking Age weapon was discovered by a homeowner clearing land for an extension.
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Roman aqueduct and 'luxurious' burials unearthed during construction of underground parking garage in SerbiaThe finds in Belgrade date from the period when the city was a regional center of the Roman Empire.
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Complete Bronze Age town with elite tombs discovered in northern ChinaThe site is one of the largest ever discovered dating from China's early Shang Dynasty.
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Enigmatic Anglo-Saxon ivory rings discovered in elite burials came from African elephants 4,000 miles awayHundreds of elite Anglo-Saxon women were buried with mysterious ivory rings. Now, researchers know the ivory came from elephants living about 4,000 miles away from England.
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1,000-year-old wall in Peru was built to protect against El Niño floods, research suggestsThe research found flood sediments only on the eastern side of a desert wall built almost 1,000 years ago.
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