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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Archaeology ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Lion's head pendant: An ancient Egyptian board game piece that was later repurposed into a magical religious object with baboons ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ancient Egyptian board game piece was repurposed centuries later in Sudan into a dazzling gold-and-amethyst pendant. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2Z364Fppex5ipHgAfXNwCG-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[a purple amethyst carved into a lion&#039;s head and set on a base of gold baboons]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a purple amethyst carved into a lion&#039;s head and set on a base of gold baboons]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ If humans are getting smarter, why are our brains shrinking? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/human-evolution/if-humans-are-getting-smarter-why-are-our-brains-shrinking</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened are debated. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cyZk6Aw7cK3EWsHsrQULaR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[These human remains from the site of Çatalhöyük in modern-day Turkey date back around 8,000 years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two half-unearthed brown skeletons lie next to each other in the dirt. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 500-year-old gold dental bridge is earliest known oral care of its kind in Scotland — and it likely held a fake tooth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists discovered the 20-karat-gold dental wire in the lower jaw of a middle-aged man who lived around 500 years ago in Scotland. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/trKJbH9hh2bVCbcocBTjz4-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jenna Dittmar; (CC BY 4.0)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A man in Scotland had an early dental bridge made using a gold wire.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a human mandible seen from the front with a gold wire around two of the lower incisors]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Gold sword scabbard discovered under toppled tree in Norway was likely 'sacrificed' by an elite warrior 1,500 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A hiker poked into a hole in the ground and discovered a rare gold scabbard ornament from Norway's Migration period. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z2BaQ5udLWfqHJGhfnTryE-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Annette Græsli Øvrelid/University of Stavanger Archaeological Museum]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A hiker found this richly decorated 1,500-year-old gold sword scabbard in southwest Norway.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a rectangular gold sword fitting with a meandering design]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safety ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ DNA from living descendants of relatives have allowed four members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to be identified. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 15:28:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GNUB2CAPcnsMgzK8kfsqCH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Douglas Stenton, an anthropologist and adjunct assistant professor at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, excavates the remains of Franklin expedition sailors at Erebus Bay.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A man wearing a blue hoodie and black pants measures a half-unearthed skull in the midst of a landscape with white pebbles.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Extremely rare' English coins meant to ward off Vikings found in Denmark — because the Vikings wore them as jewelry ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two rare coins minted in England to ward against Viking raids have been discovered in Denmark, where Vikings made them into jewelry. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 07 May 2026 20:17:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DMVxjF2fnPq9PZM5BcmhiQ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One of the coins has the &quot;Lamb of God&quot; on the front (left) and a dove on the back (right.)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[composite image of two sides of a medieval silver coin featuring a &quot;lamb of God&quot; and a dove]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Dozens of pieces of bright-green rock discovered in a cave in the Pyrenees may be evidence of copper smelting 7,000 years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 04:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WiC3JaxLrUZ6LJ3oZiNkQZ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists excavate a cave in the Pyrenees that was used by prehistoric people for more than four millennia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[several people work on an archaeological excavation inside a cave with the Pyrenees in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructions ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Stunning clothes from medieval Christian Nubia have been re-created and put on models, whose performance brought onlookers to tears. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 11:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:57:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ lgeggel@livescience.com (Laura Geggel) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Laura Geggel ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9Gf2E9uExpSniRemfqADj9-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Paulina Matusiak and Eddy Wenting]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 10th-century mural of the Royal Mother Martha in a yellow gown next to a model wearing a reconstructed outfit.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A model wears colorful patterned clothing with an ancient painting cutout next to the model for comparison]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Athena bowl: A silver and gold vessel of the goddess and her owl, buried in a German forest 2,000 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ornately decorated metal bowl was found as part of a hoard containing dozens of pieces of ancient Roman tableware. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 04 May 2026 13:42:04 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PcS2vQ8VERTXqdDZKBMFbc-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alamy]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Athena bowl was made from silver, with gold accents on the goddess and her accessories.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[gold and silver bowl with a seated Athena in the middle]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did Japan have female samurai? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/did-japan-have-female-samurai</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The samurai are renowned as skilled warriors, but were any of them women? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:14:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mRppARQkDFz7UFHekFXYpG-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Heritage Images via Getty Images]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image from 1750 shows Tomoe Gozen, a female samurai who lived in the 12th century, killing an enemy. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An ancient painting of a woman in green armor riding a white horse, her black hair flowing behind her with a tree in the background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Poop-encrusted chamber pots from the Roman Empire reveal oldest known human cases of Crypto parasite ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Chamber pots from the frontier of the Roman Empire have provided the world's earliest evidence of humans infected with the Cryptosporidium parasite. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:37:29 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Romans]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mWF6MR2kWBHyLRAVW5pS4d-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[A.B. Biernacki and E. Klenina]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers analyzed residue from chamber pots found in Roman Bulgaria.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a set of four ceramic chamber pots]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Weapons of the world quiz: Can you identify these historical objects of war? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Can you identify these millennia- to centuries-old weapons from the smallest clues? Test your eye for history by matching carved details and close-up images to the legendary tools of war they once formed. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:25:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 01 May 2026 13:57:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c9882VdM7xfXo3AQtAotnj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Weapons like knives and swords helped many groups of ancient peoples hold power. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close of up a rusty sword with a brown hilt and its brown, leather scabbard.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'The detectors never stopped beeping!' Nearly 3,000 coins discovered in field are Norway's largest Viking hoard on record ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A Viking Age hoard of nearly 3,000 coins is the largest hoard of its kind ever found in Norway. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KFxtFLGNgALGMQJiNBQGCZ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This coin shows a king&#039;s head in profile and identifies him as EDELRED (Æthelred the Unready). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[silver coin in a person&#039;s hand]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past': Malaria influenced early humans' migrations across Africa, study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:41:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eVXZsuWZxPnDEJZA5E7vnJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Mosquitoes carrying &lt;em&gt;Plasmodium falciparum&lt;/em&gt;, the parasite that causes malaria, may have influenced where prehistoric humans lived in Africa long ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A swarm of mosquitos is in the foreground of the image, with a blurry landscape full of gray elephants behind the swarm.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Lifelong monogamy' and 'half orphans': DNA analysis reveals clues about life on the Roman frontier after the fall of Rome ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Burials from over a millennia ago are revealing how people lived in part of the Roman Empire after it fell. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:55:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HDXzgyNTDyZiRtFWnUk3a6-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A skull of an early medieval woman, who wore a beaded necklace and was one of the people analyzed in the study.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a brown skull half unearthed in brown dirt with plastic numbers below it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,900-year-old souvenir cup featuring Hadrian's Wall and Roman forts discovered in Spain ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists think a broken bronze cup found in Spain was made for a soldier as a memento of his time stationed at Hadrian's Wall in England. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:21:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:03:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/utyvfJzzRATdvF85nmiwKW-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Roberto De Pablo]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Berlanga Cup was found in four pieces.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[four fragments of a polychrome enameled bronze cup]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame for their demise, new study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers examining the brains of living people found that they differed more substantially than Neanderthals' brains differed from modern humans', calling into question the reason our evolutionary cousins mysteriously disappeared. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:38:59 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:59:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6xwoXuZHGXPVCpQDpZUy77-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Neanderthals and humans likely had similar brains, a new research study suggests.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a human skull with a Neanderthal reconstruction in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Miniature camelid effigy: A 600-year-old sculpture of a llama that may have been sacrificed in an Inca ritual ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:12:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j8sc3a7hyhcFmbcQ3qPNSV-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1974, 1977; Metropolitan Museum of Art (Public Domain)]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ DNA study of nearly 200 Indigenous genomes reveals unknown Asian 'ghost' population contributed to American ancestry ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New genetic results reveal a previously unknown wave of people settled in South America 1,300 years ago and that Indigenous Americans carry remnants of a "ghost lineage." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:09:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HqWbqyRASUQi68ntV4bUtc-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers sequenced DNA from modern Indigenous groups in the Americas, including the Quechua, who live in the Andes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[three women wearing red shirts and hats walk through a grassy field towards a mountain]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discover ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/egyptian-mummy-has-part-of-the-iliad-in-its-abdomen-archaeologists-discover</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at the cemetery had gold tongues. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:32:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 16:02:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UwLtbbYCcYgzxv9UsJPtth-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One of the gold tongues found inside a mummy at the archaeological site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a gold tongue against a white background with a ruler next to it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Neanderthal toddlers grew faster than modern humans, probably because of the harsh environment they evolved in ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study of a Neanderthal toddler reveals that our closest evolutionary relatives' growth patterns differed from those of modern humans. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:10:56 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:58:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MSLPa44tfqqDwhiMYN85yR-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Been et al. (CC BY 4.0)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The researchers made a 3D model of the Amud 7 Neanderthal skeleton.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[screencap of a 3D model of a Neanderthal child skeleton]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Altar to Sol: A rare 1,900-year-old monument dedicated to the Roman god of light and used in a secret underground ritual ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This unique carved altar represents the triumph of light over darkness in ancient Roman religion. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:54:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5kvXuD3JdFoxBZqqQhYbrf-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 700-year-old mummy from Bolivia contains earliest confirmed evidence of strep throat bacteria in the Americas ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A DNA analysis of pathogens from a pre-Hispanic mummy revealed that the bacterium that causes scarlet fever and strep throat was present in the Americas prior to European colonization. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:50:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xFnbxikUBjuXAuGWY8Z638-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The mummy was found in a tomb called a chullpa on the Bolivian Altiplano.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[three brick tombs in the Bolivian desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Did King Arthur really exist? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The stories about King Arthur are almost certainly false or greatly exaggerated, but did the man himself exist? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qEpw46d5eoYdeqq6SL6WSZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A close-up of a statue that depicts King Arthur at Tintagel, a site associated with King Arthur that flourished between the fifth and seventh centuries in Cornwall, England. A sizable castle was built there in the 13th century. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A turquoise rusted metal statue shows a man wearing a bronze crown over a hooded cloak with his hands in front of him and a sea shore behind him.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Archaeologists discover perfectly circular ancient Egyptian temple that may have been used for sacred water rituals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The temple included a network of water infrastructure, revealing the importance of the ancient city and the Nile. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hieL5s7hjqSaXjEt4TUyT7-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The temple to Pelusius was fully excavated over the past several years in North Sinai, Egypt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[overview of a large circular brick temple being excavated in the desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Anglo-Saxon burial holds an older sister cradling her little brother after they both died 1,400 years ago, possibly of an infectious disease ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ancient-DNA analysis of a rare Anglo-Saxon double burial revealed the people in the grave were brother and sister. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qCFZXF7Ni7YRZPh5bEffrj-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Human evolution didn't slow down; we were just missing the signal': Large DNA study reveals natural selection led to more redheads and less male-pattern baldness ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and leprosy in humans, according to a new study. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wUdSbmHnyTsWK4sS8zmx6G-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers found that natural selection has acted on genes for red hair and male-pattern baldness.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[two redheaded people - a man and a woman - hugging and looking at one another]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Stone Age tombs in Scotland reveal 'webs of descent' among male relatives ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An analysis of DNA from Stone Age skeletons buried in Scotland reveals how people organized the burial of their dead. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:19:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Lq2Scoqf7mKN6YZLowN3iY-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[One of the tombs at Loch Calder in the Scottish Highlands.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A moss-covered stone tomb on the edge of a coastline in Scotland]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Homo erectus' tools include stunning geodes and fossils, possibly as a way to connect with the cosmos, study finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Homo erectus may have deliberately selected rocks embedded with fossils and crystals to craft their hand axes — possibly to serve as mediators between humans and the cosmos. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:55:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:19:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sandee Oster ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5tLR5r9t8RSNKwFZjhGo2h-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A hand ax shaped around a geological feature unearthed at Sakhnin Valley, in Israel. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of brown pointed rocks seen from different angles against a white background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Idol of Pomos: A 5,000-year-old fertility figurine from Cyprus that wears a miniature version of herself on a necklace ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The cross-shaped figurine has become a potent symbol of Cyprus' contribution to prehistory. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EVhNtytNQvFDgw2DTGQUU3-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million years ago, helping to fuel their large brains ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A professor of anthropology explores how early hominins ate prehistoric elephants to survive. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bG87njeamMvhgAnCbyRmbW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The rotting carcass of an adult African elephant]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A large, gray, wrinkled carcass sits between two trees on a brown, dusty surface.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Egyptian stone monument depicting a Roman emperor as a pharaoh discovered in Luxor ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stone slab depicting the Roman emperor Tiberius was found during restoration work at the Karnak temple complex in Luxor. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Margherita Bassi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bYWLMHJZBhWSo2jAUioVVg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An ancient Egyptian stela that depicts the Roman emperor Tiberius (right) next to the Egyptian deities Amun, Mut and Khonsu.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photos from an archaeological dig, showing a brown stone tablet with hieroglyphics written on it, a group of people standing around the tablet, and a shot of the ruins of an ancient city]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient Korean society practiced human sacrifice and high inbreeding, researchers find ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A genomic analysis of dozens of ancient Korean skeletons revealed a special "sacrificial caste" of people. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:57:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:06:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LKCj3fSVVh5gVX9uK7inwM-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Excavation of tombs in the Joyeong burial complex in Gyeongsan, South Korea.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[human skeleton being excavated with hundreds of pot sherds around it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 16th-century silver coin discovered near Strait of Magellan marks the spot of a doomed Spanish colony  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The newfound coin dates to the 1584 founding of a doomed Spanish settlement in southern Chile. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CxonZi8Msyj2KdqLaX3XWd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The 16th-century coin is a silver &quot;real de a ocho&quot; — a Spanish coin known to pirates as a &quot;piece of eight.&quot; One side shows a Jerusalem cross.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Images from a recent study that unearthed a silver coin]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ DNA reveals ancestry of man buried in Stone Age monument in Spain, but his religion remains a mystery ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In 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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hVhNXU9eUHzAHX2f7UvpUQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ Juan Moreno, courtesy of research group ATLAS, University of Sevilla]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A skull from one of the burials that dates to the Middle Ages, millennia after the Stone Age monument was built. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a light brown skull looking to the left of the image, half unearthed in dusty mud]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'They could spend 4 or 5 hours per day underwater': How humans adapted to the most challenging environments ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Herman Pontzer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VNpW6X2eGCj9HgrMM7EofW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[People living at high altitudes, like in the Himalayas, have developed traits to help them survive in low-oxygen environments.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Man and yak walking in Himalayas]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Beadnet dress: A 4,500-year-old ancient Egyptian funeral 'gown' that was in vogue during the Old Kingdom ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This rare example of an ancient Egyptian beaded dress was likely crafted specifically for a woman's funeral. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bc9cm4L3fYuyapBpAHkjFD-1280-80.png">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Shroud of Turin, claimed to be Jesus' burial cloth, contaminated with carrot and red coral DNA ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An 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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chris Simms ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KSzgEvLv3YXy46GQUKqCZR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Is the famous &quot;Shroud of Turin&quot; a fake?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black and white photo of a ripped brown cloth with impressions of a man with a beard wearing a crown in it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What happened to the Minoan civilization? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7n7n387SZYoGutjuc4VGyR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Knossos is a city built by the Minoans. It has a palace the size of two football fields. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a stone temple next to crumbling brick walls. The pillars on the temple are bright scarlet red with a light tan roof above]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Homo habilis is the earliest named human. But is it even human? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ 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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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Human Evolution]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Colin Barras ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/435Yz3ieFSMGqN4wTcLQzH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Should our earliest human ancestor be reclassified? Anthropologists are divided.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a reconstructed skull, missing its lower jaw, against a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ancient children's teeth reveal a syphilis-like disease was spreading in Vietnam 4,000 years ago ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Remains from three Stone Age children in Vietnam may challenge long-standing ideas about the origin of syphilis, scientists say. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sandee Oster ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ze3oZZoW3KU6zcY92nVPKh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Skeletal lesions consistent with congenital treponemal disease on a 5-year-old child from Man Bac, Vietnam. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a skull with white arrows pointing to various areas on its bony cheeks with a dark background behind]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Native Americans invented dice and games of chance more than 12,000 years ago, archaeological study reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study shows that dice and games of chance date back thousands of years earlier than experts previously thought. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KE7saYj343zgk4VN83GGJh-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A series of Native American dice discovered at archaeological sites in the western U.S.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a series of two-sided bone artifacts on a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tasmanian tigers discovered in Indigenous rock art in Australia, suggesting these marsupials lived there much longer than thought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Around 14 new rock-art depictions of thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, have been found in northern Australia. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:35:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:55:20 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5hBJcEpKFMamgUfTueHEL7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Craig Banggar]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A newly documented Tasmanian tiger rock-art image. Researchers used computer software to enhance its features. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of dark drawings of four-legged animals are seen with a rainbow colored overlay]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tudor Heart: A Renaissance gold necklace featuring a French-English pun on the love between Henry VIII and his first wife, Katherine of Aragon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A chance discovery of a 16th-century necklace reveals new information about Tudor-era jewelry styles. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hBrQyXsCWUatzjXXKL4X9o-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The gold, heart-shaped pendant was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2019.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a gold heart-shaped pendant with the letters H and K in red enamel]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Major disruption in Neanderthal history': 65,000 years ago, all Neanderthals in Europe died out except for one lineage ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The last Neanderthals to survive in Europe came from a single lineage that survived the worst period of the ice age, ancient DNA reveals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:02:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ppt2BppAVpnQAiSqvKFwuf-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Luc Doyon and Dušan Mihailović.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pešturina Cave in Serbia, where a Neanderthal tooth that was genetically analyzed in the new study was found.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view looking from inside a dark cave through an opening where a lush green jungle lies beyond.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2 Neanderthals present at same Siberian cave 10,000 years apart were distant relatives, 110,000-year-old bone reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers extracted DNA from a Neanderthal bone fragment found in Russia's Denisova Cave, and the genome is shedding light on how small and isolated their groups were. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Aristos Georgiou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/m67LJCThv4ZKv5VSBQEueh-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Diyendo Massilani.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The 110,000-year-old Neanderthal bone fragment found in Denisova Cave in Russia, from which ancient DNA was extracted.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a small, cylindrical, yellowish bone with a hollow middle sitting on a shiny surface with a centimeter ruler next to it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 18 million-year-old fossils of ape found in Africa, but in an unexpected place ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ancestor of apes was long thought to come from East Africa, but newly discovered fossils in Egypt may prompt a rethink. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Colin Barras ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e2HbxPEaRhCAbX7wAKZhfJ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Mauricio Antón]]></media:credit>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Roman mosaic shows topless woman battling leopard in arena, study finds  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A third-century mosaic shows a topless woman battling a leopard in a Roman arena. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Jarus ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8CK9aZmyJDZHHQnqoE5n3h-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Alfonso Mañas]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A drawing by Jean Charles Loriquet, after he found the mosaic in 1860. It shows part of the mosaic with the leopard and female beast hunter. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A mosaic shows a diamond cut out of a black leopard on the left and a woman wearing a white skirt holding a whip on the right. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,000-year-old altar and human sacrifices from Toltec Empire discovered in Mexico ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Archaeologists found the altar and human bones during a construction project near Tula, an ancient city that was the capital of the pre-Hispanic Toltec Empire. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:52:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kristina Killgrove ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/acbtcasre8jQCZVUfKrCaj-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Gerardo Peña/INAH]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Archaeologists discovered the altar and sacrificed human body parts in Tula, Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a square stone altar with human skulls surrounding it is being excavated by archaeologists]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Massive Iron Age hoards discovered in England may be from funeral of powerful Celtic queen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Two lavish Iron Age hoards unearthed in England may have been burned in honor of a queen's royal ancestor, a new study finds ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:03:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:59:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tom Metcalfe ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sJxehmXUw6572rS7KZGfCm-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Melsonby hoards were found in northern England in 2021. They are one of the largest collections of Iron Age artifacts ever found in Britain.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A look down into an excavation site, where two women crouch to the right, collecting samples from half-unearthed stones]]></media:text>
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