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Cypher, in Humanity’s oldest art is flaking away. Can scientists save it?

*not actually the oldest art

Devi, in Ancient Egypt's sacred baboons had tough lives, study suggests

I feel like that makes sense. I was reading a book recently about zoo history and it was relatively recently when a lot of primates were kept exclusively inside to keep them warm, it makes logical sense to protect them, but a few zoos in the 20's and 30's started giving them a bit of time outside and realised that it made a real difference to their health. Now we generally give them free access outside and all the other improvements to see long healthy lives.

It's taken a long time for us to realise how to raise healthy humans, nevermind healthy animals.

eighthourlunch, in Byzantine gold coin with 'face of Jesus' unearthed by metal detectorist in Norway
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Weird. Doesn't he usually show up on toast?

TheBest, in Scandinavia's oldest known ship burial is located in mid-Norway
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Super cool read. +1 to enthusiastic scientists, without them our world would be nothing.

ForestOrca, in Closer look at the Menga dolmen shows it was one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic
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The provenance of the stones in the Menga dolmen reveals one of the greatest engineering feats of the Neolithic - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-47423-y

theodewere, in A Shipwreck in Rhode Island Appears to Actually Be Captain Cook's Long-Lost Ship
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“The stem scarph is identical to what we know from the plans of Endeavour,” Australian marine archeologist James Hunter said on the group’s website. “It’s also a very unique feature. We’ve gone through a whole bunch of ships’ plans, lots of 18th century plans, and we can’t find anything else like it.”

sounds like pretty good evidence along with the other matching measurements

Crackhappy, in A Shipwreck in Rhode Island Appears to Actually Be Captain Cook's Long-Lost Ship
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For more information on the Endeavor, this article sums up its history pretty well, although there are definitely more sources out there with more information: newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/captain-cooks-end…

spacecowboy, in Tianmen Cave: China's Breathtaking "Gateway to Heaven" — Ultra Unlimited

Quite disappointing that there are zero real images to go along with this write up.

fossilesque, (edited )
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all of it is ai hallucinated incl fake refs

TubeTalkerX, in New Zealand returns ancient artefacts to Egypt

Return the Slab….

Ok.

Landmammals, in Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools

Scientists discover why the Paleolithic is called the early stone age.

intensely_human, in Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools

Is there any theory that predicts these people would not understand the properties of different rocks?

LongbottomLeaf, in Pleistocene-Holocene sedaDNA reconstruction of Southern Doggerland reveals early colonization before inundation consistent with northern refugia.

TIL about sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA), also known as dirtDNA. Wikipedia

DogMuffins, in Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools

Well of course they knew which rocks would make the best tools, having been doing it for millennia.

Kaliax, in Melting ice in Canada allowed scientists to discover 7,000-year-old artifacts

Astonishing… Love this stuff!

sun_is_ra, in 73 pre-Incan mummies, some with 'false heads,' unearthed from Wari Empire in Peru

Some of the male and female bodies were buried wearing masks of carved wood and ceramic, which are known as “false heads,”

here, saved you a click

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