Gender-ambiguous people in ancient Mesopotamia were powerful and important members of society more than four millennia ago.

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Once dismissed as sticks and forgotten in a museum, the 5,000-year-old tools show prehistoric people hunted whales far from ...

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The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, people’s shadows ...

Analysis of 9,500-year-old human remains discovered in Central Africa, led by University of Oklahoma scientists, has revealed evidence suggesting these ancient hunter-gatherers cremated their dead ...

Excavators standing at the depth of the pyre at the Hora 1 site in northern Malawi. Photo by Jessica Thompson/The Conversation Jan. 2 (UPI) --Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a ...

Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, people's shadows ...

Jan. 2 (UPI) --Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, ...

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