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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?

DavidGarcia, in Byzantine gold coin with 'face of Jesus' unearthed by metal detectorist in Norway
ShaunaTheDead,
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lol but it's definitely a typo. If you click on the link the actual article says "700 year old".

DavidGarcia,

no, I think the more reasonable explaination is that Jesus was a time traveller

photonic_sorcerer,
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I mean, he’s already God, so why not just lump that in too

fleabomber, in Byzantine gold coin with 'face of Jesus' unearthed by metal detectorist in Norway
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He looks like a Muppet.

ivanafterall,
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I think he's wearing an old-school gas mask.

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…

kandoh, in Peru archaeologists unearth 1,000-year-old mummies of children in Lima

One G away from greatness

nieceandtows,

What is limag

TubeTalkerX, in New Zealand returns ancient artefacts to Egypt

Return the Slab….

Ok.

Im14abeer, in New Zealand returns ancient artefacts to Egypt

Ahem, Britain.

feedum_sneedson,

Fuck you, I’m never giving it back

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

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