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Archaeologists say they have found the oldest known instance of fire setting, a key moment in human evolution.

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Based on a comprehensive study, researchers are now convinced the shafts were human-made, likely dug during the Late ...

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Archaeologists in Milan have turned a 15th century sketch by Leonardo da Vinci into a working blueprint, tracing his inked ...

Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one possible explanation. The Rapa Nui moai, the monolithic stone figures of ...

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