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Grooming in Apes Led to Kissing in Humans
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- . November 2, 2024
Kissing has been a popular practice in human society for an eternity. But its evolutionary roots are somewhat of a

5,000-Year-Old Settlement Plus Early Temple Uncovered in Israel
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- . October 30, 2024
Archaeologists working in Israel have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement at Hurvat Husham, near Beit Shemesh, as a prelude to the

Serçe Limanı Glass Wreck: The Sunken Art of Islamic Glassmaking
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- . October 27, 2024
The bottom of the Mediterranean Sea holds many secrets, many of which we will never uncover. But diver archaeologists are

Sacred Tunic of Alexander the Great Found in an Ancient Macedonian Tomb?
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- . October 24, 2024
A fragment of purple fabric, a sacred chiton (tunic), found in a royal tomb in Vergina, Macedonia, northern Greece, could

Jewish Cemetery Lost Since 1290 Found in London
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- . October 21, 2024
A hidden medieval Jewish cemetery, once believed to be lost, has been rediscovered beneath the Barbican Estates in London, close

The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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- . October 18, 2024
Like all legal institutions, the Spanish Inquisition recognised that justice needed not only to be done but also to be

Ancient Humans Survived the Last Ice Age Without Migrating Like Other Species
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- . October 15, 2024
John Stewart & Jeremy Searle/The Conversation Humans seem to have been adapted to the last ice age in similar ways

Insights into Early Modern Human Activity in the Jungles of Southeast Asia
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- . October 12, 2024
Studying microscopic layers of dirt dug from the Tam Pà Ling cave site in northeastern Laos has provided a team

How a Witch-hunting Manual & Social Networks Ignited Europe’s Witch Craze
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- . October 9, 2024
The sudden emergence of witch trials in early modern Europe may have been fueled by one of humanity’s most significant

Celtic Symbols Unearthed at San Vicenzo, Spain
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- . October 6, 2024
Excavations conducted over the month of September at Castro de San Vicenzo in Plane, Ourense, Spain, has led the uncovering