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A 67,800-year-old handprint found in Indonesia rewrites the history of rock art

A 67,800-year-old handprint found in Indonesia rewrites the history of rock art

The discovery of a stencil in the shape of a hand inside a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia, has revolutionized knowledge about rock art, proving to be the oldest ever dated: at least 67,800 years old. The research, conducted by an international team led ...
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Stelvio Park: thousands of 210 million-year-old dinosaur footprints emerge in the Alps

Stelvio Park: thousands of 210 million-year-old dinosaur footprints emerge in the Alps

In the heart of the central Alps, in an area that will be the focus of international attention in the coming years for the holding of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, scientific research is confronted with a discovery of exceptional magnitude. In V...
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Discovery on Mount Carmel of the oldest known cross between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals

Discovery on Mount Carmel of the oldest known cross between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals

An archaeological discovery from Israel that marks an important milestone for the history of human evolution: an international team of researchers fromTel Aviv University and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has in fact ident...
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Dinosaur fossil discovered under Denver Museum parking lot

Dinosaur fossil discovered under Denver Museum parking lot

An unexpected find has caught the attention of the international scientific community: the Denver Museum of Nature & Science (Denver, Colorado) has announced that it has discovered a dinosaur fossil just beneath the parking lot of its headquarter...
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New Aboriginal rock style discovered in Kimberley, Western Australia

New Aboriginal rock style discovered in Kimberley, Western Australia

A new page opens in the history of Australianrock art with the identification of a novel figurative style, called Linear Naturalistic Figures (LNF), documented at 22 sites in the northeastern Kimberley area of Western Australia. The discovery, publis...
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First ancient genomes from Green Sahara discovered: humanity isolated for thousands of years

First ancient genomes from Green Sahara discovered: humanity isolated for thousands of years

Seven thousand years ago, when the Sahara was still a green and fertile expanse, an isolated human group inhabited what is now Libya, with no contact with sub-Saharan populations. This is revealed by a new study based on DNA analysis of two naturally...
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Discovery in Malta: hunter-gatherers traveled by sea 8,500 years ago

Discovery in Malta: hunter-gatherers traveled by sea 8,500 years ago

The prehistoric hunter-gatherers who populated the Mediterranean possessed far more advanced maritime skills than previously believed. This is shown by a new discovery that rewrites the chronology of human presence on Malta: the island was reached an...
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More than 200,000-year-old engraved stone discovered in Spain

More than 200,000-year-old engraved stone discovered in Spain

A new find could write the history ofprehistoric art in Marbella in Spain's Malaga province all over again. During an excavation campaign at the Coto Correa archaeological site in Las Chapas, archaeologists discovered an engraved stone block whose pr...
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