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Hominid fossils, tool cultures, migrations, and ancient DNA insights.
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Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary People After the Western Roman Empire Fell
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Drug use may have begun 25,000 years ago, new research finds
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (630+ words) Jaws of early human settlers showed unusual dental wear which researchers linked to sucking whole betel nuts Humans may have been using mind-altering substances far earlier than scientists had once thought, new research indicates. The evidence shows that betel nuts…...
Ancient Sulawesi foragers may be earliest known drug users, research finds
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (332+ words) Two ancient forager skeletons from Sulawesi show deep tooth grooves and psychoactive traces, reported as possibly the earliest known evidence of human drug use. Two pre-agricultural foragers who lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi may represent the earliest known…...
25,000-year-old teeth yield earliest evidence of human drug use
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (528+ words) Fossilised teeth from Sulawesi carry the oldest known traces of human drug use, dated to between 16,000 and 25,000 years ago, researchers report. Traces of betel nut have been found in fossilised teeth from Indonesia's Sulawesi island, in what researchers describe as…...
The Wooden Structure Built 476,000 Years Ago Before Our Species Existed
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (284+ words) Ancient Origins The Wooden Structure Built 476,000 Years Ago Before Our Species Existed Someone engineered a wooden structure 476,000 years ago. Yes you read it correctly… That sentence should not fit the history most of us were taught. The oldest widely accepted…...
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How Archaeologists Reconstruct the Making of Ancient Iron — Curiosmos
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (667+ words) An ancient iron object can look simple: a blade, nail, tool or fragment of a chain. Making it required a long chain of decisions, from finding ore and fuel to building a furnace and working the metal after it cooled....
Over roughly 150 years, Dutch men gained about 20 centimetres in average height, while American men — who had started 5 to 8 centimetres taller — gained only about six, reversing one of the most remarkable national height gaps ever recorded.
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (1180+ words) America began the nineteenth-century comparison several centimetres ahead. Military records and modern surveys show how the Netherlands reversed that gap, and why no single cause explains it. By The Long View · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published September 6, 2026 · How we edit…...
New Findings Suggest Homo Sapiens Used Advanced Weaponry in Central Asia 80,000 Years Ago
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80,000-year-old microlithic points found in Uzbekistan
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (331+ words) UA.NEWS 80,000-year-old microlithic points found in Uzbekistan Archaeologists have discovered miniature triangular stone points dating to about 80,000 years ago in the oldest layers of the Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter in Uzbekistan. Macro- and microscopic impact traces were recorded on their…...