World&#39;s oldest adornments found
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Perforated shells discovered in a limestone cave in eastern Morocco are the oldest adornments ever found and show humans used symbols in Africa 40,000 years before Europe, the kingdom&#39;s government said.
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SHIPKA, Bulgaria  - A Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed an ancient gold mask and a ring featuring an &quot;Olympic&quot; rower in what he called an unrivalled find in the study of classical antiquity.
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A Finnish research team has made a remarkable archaeological find linked to a prehistoric culture which predates the Incas.
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Researchers said Thursday they have unearthed what may be one of the earliest calendar entries in Meso-America, massive stone sculpture that suggests women held important status roles in pre-Hispanic culture.
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Two skulls originally found in 1967 are shown to be about 196,000 years old, making them the oldest modern human remains known to science.
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NEW YORK - A new fossil discovery from China sh
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A 1,000-year-old stone carving that spent years marking the grave of a couple&#39;s pet cat was sold at auction in London Friday for more than $380,000.
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LONDON - A 1,000-year-old stone carving, which has spent years marking the grave of a British couple&#39;s pet cat, has sold for more than $470,000.
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Archaeologists say they have discovered a stone block inscribed with the earliest writing in the New World.
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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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Archeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered an ancient religious complex containing a treasure trove of artifacts that may finally illuminate the lives and religious practices of the people ...Comment
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Australian scientists say they have discovered the world's oldest preserved vertebrate tissue - two morsel-size pieces of muscle from an ancient fossil fish.
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A stone slab found bears 3,000-year-old writing previously unknown to scholars, say archaeologists.
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Science & environment: Fossilised skull thought to date back up to 100,000 years, a period long a mystery to scientists
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Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy&#39;s hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.
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A 3.3 million-year-old skeleton of the  earliest child ever found shows the ancient ancestor of modern  humans walked upright but may also have climbed trees,  scientists said on Wednesday.
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The earliest evidence for the existence of reptiles is found in  rocks dating back 315 million years.