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DNA Analysis Reveals the Identity of the Piceni, an Enigmatic Civilization That Flourished in the Adriatic Before the Rise of Rome
Recent DNA analyses of Piceni individuals, conducted by an international team of researchers led by the University of Rome ...
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Aristoxenus of Tarentum, the philosopher who authored the oldest known treatise on music, and healed by playing the flute
What was music like in antiquity? Today, we will explore the story of the man who is our primary source of knowledge about ...
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Rare Earth
A team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has identified Rare Earth Elements (REE) in coal ash accumulated in the United States. This material, long considered a problematic ...
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Scientists Discovered Coal Ash Contains Rare Earth Elements in Sufficient Quantities for Modern Technology Reducing Dependence on China
A team of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin has identified Rare Earth Elements (REE) in coal ash accumulated in the United States. This material, long considered a problematic ...
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An Exceptional Fossil Lost World, 280 Million Years Old, Found in the Italian Alps as Glacier Snow Recedes
The paleontological site found in the Italian Alps preserves traces of amphibians and reptiles, but also of plants, seeds, skin tracks and even fossilized raindrops. Credit: Elio Della Ferrera / ...
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The Highest Prehistoric Petroglyphs in Europe, Found in the Alps of Lombardy
Some of the petroglyphs found at an altitude of over 3000 meters in the Lombardy Alps. Credit: Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio delle province di Como, Lecco, Monza e Brianza, Pavia, ...
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In bees, ants, and wasps, males hatch from unfertilized eggs and females from those that have been fertilized, and it is the queen who decides
In the vast realm of insects, certain beetles, mites, and other insects—including bees, ants, and wasps—use a unique system of sex determination known as haplodiploidy. In this system, the sexual ...
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The Clacton Spear is the Oldest Known Wooden Tool
In 1911, an extraordinary archaeological discovery was made in the small coastal town of Clacton-on-Sea (Essex, England). Samuel Hazzledine Warren, an amateur prehistorian who had been searching for ...
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How the Aztec “Death Whistles” Worked, the Terrifying Sound They Used in Sacrifice Rituals, Discovered
The skull-shaped body of the Aztec death whistle may represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec Lord of the Underworld. Credit: Sascha Frühholz / UZH The so-called Aztec “death whistle” is an instrument ...
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How the Mediterranean Lost So Much Water 5.3 Million Years Ago That Its Level Was 1 Kilometer Below the Atlantic Ocean
Artistic representation of the breach of the Gibraltar sill at the end of the Messinian salinity crisis. In the final moments of this crisis, the level of the Mediterranean Sea was around one ...
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Hadrian’s Granary in the Forgotten Port of Andriake
Andriake, located on the southwestern coast of Anatolia (in present-day Demre, Turkey), was the main port of ancient Myra, one of the most influential cities in the Lycian Confederation. Myra, famous ...
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A Fossil Found in Utah Reveals the Origin of the Earth’s First Vertebrates
The Marjum Cambrian formation of the House Range in Millard County, Utah, the site of the find. Credit: Rudy Lerosey-Aubril This 500-million-year-old species represents a “stem group,” a set of ...