‘It is the most exciting discovery in my 40-year career’: Archaeologists uncover evidence that Neanderthals made fire 400,000 years ago in England
data-pin-nopin=”true” fetchpriority=”high”> An artist’s impression of making stimulates from pyrite and flint. (Image credit: Craig Williams/The Trustees of the British Museum) Neanderthals were the world’s very first innovators of fire…
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Discovery of cells that keep immune responses in check wins medicine Nobel Prize
Today, discovering an anomaly on the X chromosome would be fairly simple. In the 1990s, it was a labor-intensive effort. After narrowing the anomaly’s area to a stretch of 500,000…
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‘Stunning’ discovery reveals how the Maya rose up 4,000 years ago
The hunter-gatherer forefathers of the Maya made fishing centers to assist feed individuals throughout times of dry spell. Here, we see a bird’s-eye view of (A)a modern fishery in Zambia;…
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‘Sensational discovery’ of 2,000-year-old Roman military camp found hidden in the Swiss Alps
A bird’s-eye view of the Roman military camp, which lies in the Swiss Alps. (Image credit: Andrea Badrutt, Chur) Scientists have actually found a 2,000-year-old Roman military camp concealed in…
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