The largest water management feature in Khmer history was built in the 10th century as part of a …
prehistory
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A study has concluded that the earliest ancestors of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) emerged in a …
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Dinosaur footprints found in several European countries, very similar to others in Morocco, suggest that dinosaurs could have …
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Humans
Private Property, Not Productivity, Precipitated Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesHumankind first started farming in Mesopotamia about 11,500 years ago. Subsequently, the practices of cultivating crops, raising livestock, …
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Environment
Stanford-Led Research Shows Huge Die-Off in Ancient Biosphere
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesClues from Canadian rocks formed billions of years ago reveal a previously unknown loss of life even greater …
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Environment
Oxygen Depletion in Ancient Oceans Caused Major Mass Extinction
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesLate in the prehistoric Silurian Period, around 420 million years ago, a devastating mass extinction event wiped 23 …
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An international team of scientists, studying evidence preserved in speleothems in a coastal cave, illustrate that more than …
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Humans
Humans Migrated to Mongolia Much Earlier Than Previously Believed
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesStone tools uncovered in Mongolia by an international team of archaeologists indicate that modern humans traveled across the …
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Mysteries
Archaeologists Discover Almost 40 New Monuments Close to Newgrange
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesA team from University College Dublin has unearthed almost 40 previously unknown monuments close to Newgrange, including a …
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Humans
Why Humans in Africa Fled to the Mountains During the Last Ice Age
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesHumans in Ethiopia did not live in low valleys during the last ice age. Instead, they lived high …