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An archaeologist excavates one of the ceramic urns at the site of Lago do Cochila in Fonte Boa, Brazil. LAGO DO CHOCILA, ...

Hundreds of monkeys can now safely cross roads in Alta Floresta, a city in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Seven canopy ...

Giant ceramic pots made centuries to millennia ago were found to hold human bones, while others held a mixture of seeds and ...

Plants and trees send their roots into the ground to soak up water and nutrients from the soil. Until now, scientists ...