Cave clue to 'first beachcombers'
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Shellfish discarded in a South African cave is said to be the earliest evidence of humans living and thriving by the sea.
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Archaeologists excavating a sprawling prehistoric fortress in southern Greece have discovered a secret underground passage thought to have supplied the site with water in times of danger.
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Spirit, one of the two rovers exploring Mars, has discovered the first rock on the planet that scientists say could have formed only in water - - but whether the water was flowing, or lay like a shallow sea that came and went, remains unknown, the mission
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IWO JIMA, Japan -- Avoiding unexploded grenades and hacking their way through cactus under a blazing sun, a US search team has located two caves where its believes a Marine who filmed the iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima may have been killed 62 years ago in one of World War II's most symbolic battles.
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Avoiding unexploded grenades and hacking their way through cactus under a blazing sun, an American search team has located two caves where they believe a Marine who filmed the iconic flag-raising on Iwo Jima may have been killed 62 years ago in one of World War II's most symbolic battles.
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A body found in a seaside cave on Spain's Mediterranean island of Majorca is that of a British woman who went missing earlier this week after her daughter fell from a hotel balcony, her husband confirmed Thursday.
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By AMELIA A. HART and MARY HURST  FERNANDINA BEACH - The sun had risen only an hour earlier June 13, but Paul Clark already was hard at work on his hands and knees digging in the sand while his wife, Loretta, stood watching carefully.
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Archaeologist claim to have discovered a stone block inscribed with the earliest writing in the New World.
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Scientists, wringing their hands over the identity of the famed "hobbit" fossil, have found a new clue in the wrist.
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By Kieran Falconer  One of my earliest memories is of feeling the sand - just sitting and rubbing sand between my fingers and toes. Later, as older boys, we would slope off from home - and school, of course - and head straight for the beach.
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PORT BLAIR, India, Jan. 4 -- It was just before sunset on the first day of the new year. The helicopter circled above Campbell Bay Island for hours, searching for tsunami survivors marooned on the southernmost points of the Nicobar Islands.
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WASHINGTON -- A newly discovered fossil might be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.
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See photos of "Lucy's baby" and other Australopithecus afarensis fossils that represent some of the earliest human ancestors known.
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Archaeologists have uncovered what may have been a village for workers or festival-goers near the mysterious stone circle Stonehenge in England
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Two  reptile-like animals living 290 million years ago are the oldest creatures to have  their footprints positively identified after a fortuitous discovery  allowed scientists to match fossils to preserved trackways.
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Norwegian scientists report finding a  treasure trove  of fossils belonging to giant sea reptiles that once roamed the Arctic sea about 150 million years ago.Comment
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An underwater tourist attraction that lured several divers to their deaths may have returned, police warn.