Mummified dogs found in Peru
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Archaeologists in Peru uncover the mummified remains of dogs buried with blankets alongside their human masters.
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VICTORIA, British Columbia -- Four people, dozens of dogs and cats, 11 porpoises and a horse have died from a rare tropical fungus since it was detected on Vancouver Island in 1999, a study has concluded.
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Scientists have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage the South American continent. The 1-ton creature is believed to have been about 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters tall.
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Two dogs seized because they were believed to be pit bull-type animals have been saved from a death.
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Peruvian archaeologists displayed more than 400 seized shark teeth, shells and fish fossils as old as 12 million years on Friday, saying customs officials have already made twice the number of such seizures this year than they did in 2006.
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Excavators discovered 20 gilded mummies in the Bahariya oasis in western Egypt, the government's council of antiquities said Tuesday.
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The latest probable common ancestor to humans and great apes had a body like an ape, fingers like a chimp and the upright posture of humans, according to researchers who unearthed a fossil of the animal in Spain.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Searchers have found about 50 bodies scattered around the Amazon site of Brazil's worst airplane crash and were keeping wild animals away from the corpses, air force officials said on Tuesday.
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Peruvian police have recovered the remains of 13 people who were killed in a plane crash in the country's northeastern jungle, a regional official said Saturday.
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Archeologists discovered the mummified remains of a doctor they believe lived more than 4,000 years ago and who was buried along with metal surgical tools.
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A group of paleontologists have discovered the tusks and petrified remains of a mastodon, or large mammoth-like mammal, that lived some three million years ago, the head of the team told AFP Monday.
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The 500-year-old skull, found in a long-forgotten Inca cemetery outside Lima, Peru, had two round holes just across from each other. Nearby was a plug of bone, recovered intact, that carried the distinct markings of an old musket ball.
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Travel: Ian J Griffiths finds himself hooked on the macabre on a fascinating trip on the trail of Peru's ancient dead.
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Archaeologists have begun excavating ancient skeletal remains believed to be those of five people, probably Anasazis.
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The Museum of High Altitude Archaeology is displaying Los NiÃ±os, three of the best preserved mummies ever found.
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Travel: From virgin rainforest to Andean peaks, Peru has an incredible natural heritage
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The findings about Peru are evidence that some farming developed in parts of the Americas nearly as early as in the Middle East, considered the birthplace of agriculture.