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Origin story of domestic cats rewritten by genetic analysis

Origin story of domestic cats rewritten by genetic analysis

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Domestic cats are descended from the wild cats of North Africa. Maria Boyko/Alami Genetic evidence has shown that domestic cats ...

Easter Island statues may have been built by small independent groups

Easter Island statues may have been built by small independent groups

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Moai statues on Easter Island Maurizio De Mattei/Shutterstock The monumental stone statues of Easter Island may have been created as ...

Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of the first states

Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of the first states

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Growing grain produced a surplus of food that could be stored and taxed. LOUIS MONTAGNA/MARTHA MONTAGNA/SCIENTIFIC PHOTO LIBRARY The cultivation ...

We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age

We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age

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Artists painted in places where echoes and resonance created otherworldly sonic effects Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images Deep underground, thousands of years ...

Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan

Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan

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The archaeological site of Semiyarka was photographed from a drone Peter J. Brown A large 140-hectare settlement dating back 3,600 ...

Ancient figurine may show sexual encounter between woman and goose

Ancient figurine may show sexual encounter between woman and goose

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A 12,000-year-old clay figurine from Nahal Ein Gev II depicting a woman and a goose is accompanied by an artistic ...

Archaeological breakthrough contradicts the timeline of human civilization – Science – News

Archaeological breakthrough contradicts the timeline of human civilization – Science – News

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Archaeologists and historians have long been baffled by the unsolved mystery surrounding the densely populated islands of Southeast Asia that ...

Ancient silver goblet preserves oldest known image of cosmic creation

Ancient silver goblet preserves oldest known image of cosmic creation

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Silver Cup of Ain Samia Israel Museum, Jerusalem/Ardon Bar Hama The image on a 4,300-year-old silver goblet discovered in the ...

Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins

Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins

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Karo people look at the Omo River Valley in Ethiopia. Michael Honegger/Alamy This is an excerpt from Our Human History, ...

Mysterious holes in Andean mountain may be an Inca spreadsheet

Mysterious holes in Andean mountain may be an Inca spreadsheet

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Aerial photo of the strip of holes in Monte Sierpe, Peru. JL Bongers A hillside in Peru covered with more ...

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