Around 5,000 years ago, people in what is now Iran began turning dull stone into shining metal. By heating copper ore until ...

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Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

Through the analyses of gases and fluids preserved within salt crystals, the team extended the direct record of Earth’s ...

In the heart of northern Zambia, a groundbreaking archaeological discovery at Kalambo Falls is reshaping our understanding of early human ingenuity.

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The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

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