Archaeology
Today, Australia is home to 17 species of hawks and eagles. But the fossil record shows some other, …
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Archaeology
Bringing a Shark to a Knife Fight: 7,000-Year-Old Shark-Tooth Knives Discovered in Indonesia
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesExcavations on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi have uncovered two unique and deadly artifacts dating back some 7,000 …
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Archaeology
Did First Nations Australians Domesticate Dingoes? They Certainly Buried Them With Great Care
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesDingoes are an iconic Australian wild animal with close links to First Nations Australians throughout the mainland. Yet …
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Archaeology
New Path for Early Human Migrations Through a Once-Lush Arabia Contradicts a Single ‘Out of Africa’ Origin
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesOur species, Homo sapiens, migrated out of Africa multiple times. They reached the Levant and Arabia between 130,000 …
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Archaeology
Stone Age Herders Transported Heavy Rock Tools to Grind Animal Bones, Plants, and Pigments
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAbout 7,000 years ago, a small group of Stone Age people sat around a fire, next to a …
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Archaeology
Holes in Baby Dinosaur Bones Show How Football-Sized Hatchlings Grew to 3-Ton Teens
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesDespite their public image as torpid, lumbering creatures, many dinosaurs were evidently warm-blooded, highly active animals, capable of …
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Archaeology
This Cave on Borneo Has Rock Art Showing Colonial Resistance 400 Years Ago
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesThe islands of Southeast Asia record a long and dynamic human history of technological innovation, migration, and conflict …
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Archaeology
A Cool Find: A Boy Discovers a Megalodon Shark Tooth in England
by Viena Abdonby Viena AbdonImagine walking on the beach and stumbling upon something extraordinary. That’s precisely what happened when a young schoolboy …
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The Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) and non-profit Silentworld Foundation have continued ongoing archaeological investigation of the wreck …
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Archaeology
In a Stone Age Cemetery, DNA Reveals a Treasured ‘Founding Father’
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesFrom the remains of nearly 100 ancient individuals found in a Stone Age community, we have reconstructed two …