archaeology
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Sunken Russian Warship Rumoured To Contain 200 Tonnes Of Gold Discovered Near South Korea
A missing Russian Imperial Navy cruiser said to contain 200 tonnes of gold bullion worth an estimated $180 billion has been discovered after being lost at sea for 113 years.
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Ötzi The Iceman’s Final Meal Was Surprisingly Hearty
Since the discovery of his mummified body nearly 30 years ago, Ötzi the Iceman has provided scientists with heaps of information about Copper Age Europeans. An updated analysis of his stomach contents is providing a glimpse into the iceman’s final meal, which was remarkably high in fats.
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A Toddler Who Lived 3 Million Years Ago Could Walk Upright And Capably Climb Trees
A re-analysis of a three-million-year-old fossil suggests Australopithecus afarensis, an early hominid, had children who were as capable on two feet as they were in the trees — an important discovery that’s shedding new light on this critical stage in hominid evolution.
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Extinct Gibbon Species Found In Tomb Of Ancient Chinese Noblewoman
A certain Chinese noblewoman — potentially Lady Xia, grandmother to the first emperor of China — had a menagerie buried with her in her tomb: a leopard, a crane, an asiatic black bear, a lynx, and, most notably, a gibbon. That gibbon was part of newly identified, now-extinct genus and species, researchers reported Thursday. The…