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Jan 28

Ancient mammoth bones discovered under Oregon State’s stadium

By Cassandra Profita, EarthFix

An expansion project at Oregon State University’s Reser Stadium has uncovered ancient mammoth bones under the football field’s end zone.

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Nov 11

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What an ancient boneyard reveals about our earliest global wanderers

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On a years-long hike across the globe, journalist Paul Salopek is following the path humans took after the Ice Age. One of the most important human migration sites in the world is in Dmanisi, Georgia, where people have walked for…

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Sep 10

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Trove of fossils from a long-lost human ancestor is greatest find in decades

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Scientists have discovered a new human-like species, deep in a cave system in South Africa. Researchers have said that the discovery could change our conception of human ancestry. For more on the discovery, Jeffrey Brown speaks to Jamie Shreeve of…

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Aug 24

U.N. calls destruction of 2,000-year-old temple a war crime

By Amanda Gomez

The chief of the United Nation's cultural agency has described the Islamic State’s destruction of Baalshamin, a nearly 2,000 year-old temple in Palmyra, as a “war crime.”…

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Aug 20

Keeping up with the Joneses, Neolithic Scotland edition

By Lorna Baldwin

As I stand on this windswept bit of Orkney looking down at the Ness of Brodgar dig site, there’s a salty sea loch to my left, a freshwater loch to my right, and standing stones in front of and behind…

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Aug 19

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Destroy, sell, hide: How Islamic State exploits antiquities

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Archaeologist Khaled al-Assad was an iconic figure associated with the study of the ancient cultural site of Palmyra in Syria. In the wake of Assad’s murder at the hands of the Islamic State, Amr Al Azm of Shawnee State University…

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Aug 19

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A protector of Syria’s ancient past executed by Islamic State militants

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For world-renowned scholar Khaled al-Assad, the ancient site of Palmyra was his home and his life. Then the Islamic State came for him, wanting to know where valuable artifacts from the site had been hidden. The 81-year-old, who didn’t give…

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Aug 19

Islamic State group beheads prominent archaeologist in Syria

By Larisa Epatko

Islamic State militants reportedly beheaded a prominent archaeologist in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, and put his body on display.

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Jul 29

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A Catholic enigma found in a grave at Jamestown

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In 2013 archaeologists discovered the remains of four early colony leaders buried 400 years ago at the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. On top of one of the graves was a silver box resembling a religious artifact, presenting a mystery for…

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Jun 18

Geneticists crack the 20-year mystery of the Kennewick Man skeleton

By Nsikan Akpan

Will U.S. Army Corps of Engineers return the Kennewick Man's remains now that they've been found to be closely related to Native Americans?…

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