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Maxime Aubert, The Conversation
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In 31,000-year-old grave in Borneo, researchers find signs of world’s earliest successful amputation
It suggests that human medical knowledge and surgical procedures were far more advanced in the distant past of our species than previously thought.
Tim Ryan Maloney, The Conversation, Adam Brumm, The Conversation, Adhi Oktaviana, The Conversation, India Ella Dilkes-Hall, The Conversation, Maxime Aubert, The Conversation, Melandri Vlok, The Conversation & Renaud Joannes-Boyau, The Conversation
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How we discovered world’s oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley
Dating to at least 45,500 years ago, the art portrays images of the Sulawesi warty pig.
Adam Brumm, The Conversation, Adhi Oktaviana, The Conversation, Basran Burhan, The Conversation & Maxime Aubert, The Conversation
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Is this 40,000-year-old Borneo cave painting the world’s oldest figurative artwork?
Rock art discovered in Borneo’s limestone caves in the 1990s are thought to be older than earlier thought.
Pindi Setiawan, The Conversation, Adam Brumm, The Conversation & Maxime Aubert, The Conversation
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The curious case of Pran Puri, the 18th century travelling monk who was discovered and forgotten
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How Alexander the Great became Iskandar Zulkarnain, the legendary ancestor of Malay kings
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Explained: Why India wants to modify the Indus Water Treaty after 62 years
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In Assam, a police crackdown on child marriage leaves a trail of crying women and broken families
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Nepal was convinced of its plan to revive the wild water buffalo population, until things went wrong