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Lidar and crest lines, Tugunbulak Credit: SAIElab, J. Berner, M. Frachetti https://press.springernature.com/large-scale-medieval-urbanism-traced-by-uav-lidar-in-highland-ce/50086460

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High-tech archaeology shows we aren't the first to endure hard times

The discovery of ancient cities in Asia and the Americas point to earlier bouts of social and climatic upheavals. The good news is that humanity survived, says Annalee Newitz

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Could hibernation technology allow humans to skip winters?

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Could hibernation technology allow humans to skip winters?

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Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years – and what’s to come

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An artist's reconstruction of the toddler with his mother consuming mammoth meat

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Toddler bones show mammoths were the main food of the first Americans

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Mesopotamians felt happiness in their liver and anger in their thighs

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How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans

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People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

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People prefer AI-generated poems to Shakespeare and Dickinson

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Rachel Kushner

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Creation Lake author Rachel Kushner on the 'ultimate writer's task'

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Ancient Egyptians shaped sheep's horns – and we don't know why

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Ancient Egyptians shaped sheep's horns – and we don't know why

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age

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A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from eight people

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Stone Age network reveals ancient Paris was an artisanal trading hub

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Many Iron Age swords may be tainted by modern forgery

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We're homing in on the best ways to tackle misinformation

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