History
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Really ancient art
A kangaroo painting is now Australia’s oldest known rock art.
An image of a kangaroo has been identified as Australia’s oldest known rock painting, dated to over 17,000 years old....
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Medieval tipples
New research finds evidence of winemaking in Islamic Sicily.
Chemical residue from grapes has been found inside medieval containers from Islamic Sicily, suggesting there was wine...
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History
Percy Julian makes history
World-renowned African-American chemist battled racism to succeed.
February is Black History Month in the United States, set aside as a time to recognise achievements by African Americ...
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Koala teeth map history
Adelaide’s past as told by koala teeth.
If you want to know how Adelaide, South Australia, was settled by Europeans, you may need to look at rat and koala te...
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Ancient mammoth DNA
The oldest DNA found in the world has been sequenced from a mammoth specimen.
Ancient DNA is famously tough to extract and identify. Until today, the oldest sequenced DNA came from a horse that h...
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Dinosaurs take a hike
Drops in carbon dioxide levels may have allowed herbivorous dinosaurs to get to Greenland.
A new paper pinpoints the date that a large group of dinosaurs made it to Greenland, suggesting that climatic changes...
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Conch shell tones
Ancient conch makes music for the first time in 17,000 years.
How old-fashioned is your taste in music? Researchers have recreated notes from a 17,000-year-old conch shell, found ...
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Gut stubborn
Some useful human microorganisms have long, long histories.
Humans and Neanderthals could have more in common than just DNA – we also might share the microorganisms in our gut. ...
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Weather check: Paul Crutzen
Farewell to the father of the Anthropocene.
Paul Crutzen, Nobel laureate and one of the world’s most distinguished climate scientists, died on 28 January 2021, a...
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Mud shroud
Scientists find unknown ancient preservation technique on old mummy.
Advanced scientific techniques have revealed a rare painted shell, or carapace, of mud within the wrappings of an Egy...
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Medical first: Elizabeth Blackwell
Meet the 19th century woman who broke down a critical barrier.
We’re just a few days away from the 200th anniversary of Elizabeth Blackwell’s birth: she was born in Bristol, Englan...