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Secrets of Egyptian painters revealed by chemistry

  Contrary to prior assumptions, ancient Egyptian painters did at times push the boundaries of convention. …

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The first prehistoric wind instruments discovered in the Levant

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The oldest hand-sewn boat in the Mediterranean is about to leave the water

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The untold history of the horse in the American Plains, a new future for the world

The continent of North America is where horses first emerged. Millions of years of evolutionary changes transformed the horse before it became the…

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Discovery of extracts from a lost astronomical catalogue

  Hipparchus' Star Catalogue is the earliest known attempt to accurately determine the position of fixed stars. …

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Neanderthals appear to have been carnivores

For the first time, zinc isotope ratios in tooth enamel have been analysed with the aim of identifying the diet of a…

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Australopithecines in South Africa are older than previously thought

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Before horses, ass hybrids were bred for warfare

Before the introduction of the domestic horse in Mesopotamia, valuable equids were being harnessed to ceremonial or military…

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Origin of domestic horses finally established

The modern horse was domesticated around 2200 years BCE in the northern Caucasus. In the centuries that followed it…

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In northern Arabia, the monumental sculptures of the Camel Site date back to prehistoric times

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