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First discovered in 1984, the last two excavations of the Gantangqing site in the 2000s uncovered a remarkable collection of ...
A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the ...
The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments for specific purposes.
Nyamakop's current project is Relooted. As the name suggests, it's a looting game that turns the tables on the appropriative ...
A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the ...
Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has ...
On a decades-old recording, James Brown says it loud. In a 1928 lithograph, Aaron Douglas channels the “Charleston.” ...
A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.
For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...
More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...
Museums worldwide are returning the Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. Here's why it matters, who's receiving them, and what it means ...