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Maps show the brutal toll ISIS has taken on some of the world's oldest sites
Deborah Lehr, chairman and founder of the Antiquities Coalition, told Newsweek: "We talk a lot abou…
Cyrus Engineer,Cyrus Engineer
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Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious extinction
Research found signs of ancient viruses in Neanderthal DNA that they may have gotten from ancient h…
Jenny McGrath
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Ancient viruses could re-emerge as permafrost melts, posing 'unpredictable threats' to our communities, new study says
These ancient pathogens could cause "unpredictable threats" to our communities if they survive, res…
Katie Hawkinson
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Humans and Neanderthals only had sex for a brief period, but it still fundamentally changed our DNA
Scientists studied ancient humans and learned humans and Neanderthals started interbreeding 47,000 …
Jenny McGrath
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One of the biggest meteorite crashes in Earth's history flung debris across 3 continents 800,000 years ago. Scientists finally found the crater.
Then they measured gravitational fields around the Bolaven Plateau. Sure enough, the researchers fo…
Aylin Woodward
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Mark Zuckerberg has been fascinated by Augustus Caesar for years, and it raises some questions about the future of Facebook
Before his time, the Roman Republic had been roiled by a number of civil wars: Rome faced down its …
Áine Cain
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The 4,500 year old ruins of a once-hidden ancient civilization in Pakistan are being threatened by the country's historic rains
The 4,500-year-old ruins were also being used to temporary shelter people from the devastating floo…
Hannah Getahun
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Scientists have discovered the oldest human footprint ever seen in the Americas
Then, to identify which kind of creature the print belong to, the scientists took x-ray images, mea…
Aylin Woodward
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A YouTuber recreated a recipe for 3,800-year-old beer. Here's how you can do it too.
Max Miller of 'Tasting History' brewed a 3,800-year-old Sumerian beer based on a hymn.
Jenny McGrath
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NASA is sending a water-hunting lunar rover to a shadowy crater on the moon's south pole
NASA's VIPER rover will descend into permanently shadowed craters on the moon's south pole, where t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Watch the first-ever video of a Mars landing from NASA's Perseverance rover
Cameras captured Perseverance's descent and landing, including the moments a 70-foot parachute depl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Rapidly retreating Arctic glaciers are triggering the release of ancient methane. Here's why scientists are worried.
Groundwater springs have appeared close to Svalbard's retreating glaciers. Scientists are worried t…