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Europe · MalataverneIf the emergence of mechanically propelled weapons in prehistory is commonly perceived as one of the hallmarks of the advance of modern human populations into the European continent, the existence of archery has always been more difficult to trace. The recognition of these technologies in the European Upper Paleolithic has been hampered by ballistic overlaps between weapons projected with a thruster or a bow.
Homo sapiens in Europe used bow-and-arrow 54,000 years ago: study
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US & Canada · JerusalemArchaeologists from Pisa university and Pennsylvania University have announced evidence of a specific type of brain surgery, known as angular notched trephination, performed on a man who lived in Israel more than 3,000 years ago.
Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of Brain Surgery in 3,000-Year-Old Skull
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US & Canada · NairobiArchaeologists have revealed what could be the oldest stone tools ever found, and they think someone other than our closest Homo ancestors may have made them.
Oldest Stone Tools Ever Found Were Not Made by Human Hands, Study Suggests
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Archaeologist · CairoTen mummified crocodiles unearthed in southern Egypt are different from other mummified animal remains, experts have said.
Mummified crocodiles found in Southern Egyptian tomb
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Europe · AthensThe National Archaeological Museum has more than 11,000 exhibits spanning millennia. But most visitors to Athens favor the more centrally located Acropolis Museum. It's where Greece hopes to house the Parthenon sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, that are currently in London.
Major renovation planned for Athens' archaeological museum
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India · IndiaPaleontologists in India have found 92 dinosaur nesting sites and 256 egg fossils. The scientists made the discovery between 2017 and 2020 in the Narmada valley in central India. The egg fossils belong to titanosaurs, which lived from Late Jurassic Epoch to the end of the Cretaceous Period.
Paleontologists make rare discovery of 256 dinosaur egg fossils in India
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ArchaeologistA study by the Faculty of Humanities of Freiburg University has proven that steel tools were already in use in Europe around 2900 years ago. Until recently it was assumed that it was not possible to produce suitable quality steel in the Early Iron Age and certainly not in the Final Bronze Age. The study has been published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.
Steel was being used in Europe 2900 years ago
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ArchaeologyHuman bone and a periwinkle shell bead unearthed at Heaning Wood Bone Cave have been analysed and dated at around 11,000-years-old. Local archaeologist Martin Stables has been excavating the site since 2016 and has discovered human and animal bone, stone tools, prehistoric pottery and beads made from perforated periwinkles. UCLan team was able to prove at least eight different people were buried in the cave.
Earliest human remains discovered in northern Britain
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