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Giant Dinosaur Found in Patagonia (15 October 11:30) |
| The remains of the giant herbivore may be those of a newly found species. |
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First Farmers Wanted Clothes, not Food (15 October 08:00) |
| Was it the need for cotton, not corn, that drove the advent of agriculture? |
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Oldest Human Footprints Opened to Public (15 October 07:45) |
| The fossilized prints belonged to humans who walked with a free-standing gait. |
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Divers Chart Alaskan Shipwreck (09 October 08:00) |
| The Torrent sank 139 years ago after ramming into a reef. |
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Earliest Scots Braved Ice Age Conditions (05 October 09:45) |
| New finds suggest that very hardy people settled in Scotland 13,000 years ago. |
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Inca Sacrifices 'Fattened Up' Before Death (02 October 08:15) |
| Sacrificed children were fed enriched diets up to a year before their deaths. |
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Neanderthals Reached China's Doorstep (01 October 11:15) |
| The ancient hominids made it much further east than previously thought. |
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Wet Weather Helped Human Africa Exodus (01 October 08:15) |
| Data from cave formations reveal wet weather nudged early humans out of Africa. |
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Ancient Fishermen Lured Fish With Fire (25 September 11:00) |
| Gear found in a 7th century shipwreck suggest fishermen used fire to lure their catch. |
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King Herod's Temple Quarry Found (24 September 07:45) |
| Archaeologists find the source of stones used to build one Jerusalem's holiest sites. |
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Mystery Boy in Iron Coffin Identified (21 September 07:45) |
| The body of a 15-year-old boy, found in an iron coffin has finally been identified. |
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The Hobbit: Not Human? (21 September 02:30) |
| A tiny skeleton found on the Indonesian island of Flores represents a new species after all, say scientists. |
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Ancient Scots Mummified Their Dead (14 September 11:30) |
| Extensive preparation was applied to bodies from prehistoric Scotland. |
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Ancient Greek Jar Found off Albanian Coast (13 September 07:15) |
| The 2,400-year-old jar was found during the area's first archaeological survey. |
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Neanderthal Vanishing Act: Case Closed? (13 September 02:15) |
| It wasn't climate change that wiped out our ancestors, suggests a new study. |
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Viking Burial Mound Yields Bodies (11 September 09:30) |
| The ancient tomb was fit for a queen, literally. |
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Jewish Residents Built Hatch to Escape Romans (10 September 07:45) |
| The ancient tunnel found in Jerusalem was used to escape ransacking Romans. |
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Mastodon Etching Found in Lake Michigan (05 September 08:45) |
| A boulder is found underwater with what may be an ancient mastodon etching. |
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Ancient Beehives Unearthed in Israel (05 September 03:15) |
| The 3,000-year-old hives offer evidence of a thriving honey industry. |
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Da Vinci's Ad Lib Painting Style Revealed (04 September 10:00) |
| Da Vinci mixed colors on his canvas as he went along, say scientists. |
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Whack to Head, Not Arrow, Killed Iceman (30 August 08:15) |
| New analysis suggests the ancient man may have been killed by a blow to the head. |
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Inside a Caveman's Barbeque (27 August 08:00) |
| Artifacts from an ancient cave offer details about how our ancestors hunted and dined. |
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Cave Clue Reveals Ancient Bohemian Life (23 August 08:00) |
| Bones in a Spanish cave suggest the shelter once housed transient artistic types. |
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Fossils Set Back Human-Ape Split (23 August 03:00) |
| We diverged from other primates millions of years earlier than thought, say archaeologists. |
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5,000-Year-Old Chewing Gum Found (Used) (21 August 01:45) |
| The gum, made from tree bark tar, was likely used to soothe mouth sores.
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Mummy Was Painted Red With Spanish Lead (14 August 11:00) |
| The shrouded body of a wealthy individual was decorated with imported coloring. |
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Medieval Cambodian City Was World's Largest (14 August 09:00) |
| Radar helps archaeologists see a sprawling city under the temple complex Angkor Wat. |
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Medieval Cambodian City Was World's Largest (14 August 09:00) |
| Radar helps archaeologists see a sprawling city under the temple complex Angkor Wat. |
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Medieval Cambodian City Was World's Largest (14 August 09:00) |
| Radar helps archaeologists see a sprawling city under the temple complex Angkor Wat. |
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Medieval Cambodian City Was World's Largest (14 August 09:00) |
| Radar helps archaeologists see a sprawling city under the temple complex Angkor Wat. |
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Medieval Cambodian City Was World's Largest (14 August 09:00) |
| Radar helps archaeologists see a sprawling city under the temple complex Angkor Wat. |
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Medieval Cambodian City Was World's Largest (14 August 09:00) |
| Radar helps archaeologists see a sprawling city under the temple complex Angkor Wat. |
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Medieval Cambodian City Was World's Largest (14 August 09:00) |
| Radar helps archaeologists see a sprawling city under the temple complex Angkor Wat. |
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Huge Quake Lurks Off Lebanese Coast (09 August 08:00) |
| A massive quake in 551 A.D. was caused by a testy offshore fault, researchers find. |
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Fossils Shake Human Family Tree (09 August 02:30) |
| A famed paleontologist throws a wrench in the standard theory of our origins. |
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8-Million-Yr-Old Forest Wows Archaeologists (06 August 08:30) |
| Hungarian coal miners find 16 remarkably preserved ancient cypress trees. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Aztec Ruler's Tomb Unearthed (04 August 02:30) |
| The stunning find could be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever discovered. |
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Train Route Collides With Ancient Tannery (01 August 08:30) |
| The Roman leather-making site dates from the second or third century. |
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Fake Toe on Mummy: Oldest Prosthesis? (28 July 12:15) |
| The leather and wooden artificial toe may have helped someone walk. |
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