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Meet the Newly Discovered Human Ancestor Identified Just by Its Teeth Ancient teeth found in Ethiopia belong to a never-before-seen species in the Australopithecus genus of human ancestors

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Chimpanzees share experiences with each other, a trait once thought to be only human | CNN Wild chimpanzees were observed sharing an object with one another just for the sake of sharing that experience, a trait once believed to be only found in humans, according to a new study.

Cette pièce en or trouvée en Roumanie confirmerait l'existence d'un "empereur" romain qu'on pensait faux

Près de Nantes. Ce site trouvé lors de fouilles archéologiques aurait été habité par un chef gaulois Un important site gaulois a été découvert lors des fouilles archéologiques réalisées à Saint-Christophe-La Prestière à Vallet.

Monogamy. Grandmas. Milk. The Evolution of Childhood Is Very Strange. In a new book, Growing Up Human, a bioarchaeologist chronicles the most surprising evolutionary adaptations of babies and parents.

Was Megalithic Malta the lost city of Atlantis? It all boils down to probabilities | Anthony Bonanno A recent Netflix series entitled ‘Ancient Apocalypse’ has reignited an equally ancient controversy: by suggesting that megalithic temples such as Ggantija, may actually be the remnants of a 10,000-year old ‘lost civilization’ (possibly, the mythical Atlantis). But Professor A...

Hundreds of mummies and pyramid of an unknown queen unearthed at Saqqara On the 100-year anniversary of unearthing King Tut's tomb, archaeologists discover hundreds of tombs and mummies buried in Giza.

Ancient Egyptian mummification was never intended to preserve bodies, new exhibit reveals It's long been believed that mummification was meant to preserve the dead. It turns out that notion is dead wrong.