History
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Watch: Stone Age human ‘campsite’ containing 7,000-year-old hazelnut shell discovered in the UK
Scroll Staff
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Weekend Quiz: What form of military combat was used to settle disputes in medieval Kerala?
The Heritage Lab
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Weekend Quiz: What was Chera ruler Kadal Pirakottiya Vel Kelu Kuttuvan also known as?
The Heritage Lab
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Fossils in a Tibetan cave reveal how early humans adapted to live in one of world’s remotest places
Bo Li, The Conversation Dongju Zhang, The Conversation Qiaomei Fu, The Conversation Zenobia Jacobs, The Conversation
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Was the first ever war between humans and Neanderthals?
Martin Smith, The Conversation John Stewart, The Conversation
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From the archives: Titanic purser recalls how he survived the sinking of the ship
Scroll Staff
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The paradox of the pandemic: A historian contemplates the consolations of forgetting
Nayanjot Lahiri
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Weekend Quiz: Which Mughal emperor commissioned the Iyar-e-Danish manuscript?
The Heritage Lab
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Data analytics and targeted political messages began over 40 years before Facebook, shows this book
Nair DA
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Fossil footprints of a mother, child reveal the story behind the longest known prehistoric journey
Matthew Robert Bennett, The Conversation Sally Christine Reynolds, The Conversation
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Weekend Quiz: Which of the five Mahakavyas tells the story of the birth of Shiva’s son Kartikeya?
The Heritage Lab
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Watch: Emperor Ashoka’s edicts in music? That’s what singer TM Krishna’s new project is all about
Scroll Staff
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How ‘Indian curry’ became Japan’s favourite dish
Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik
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The newly-discovered Gollum snakehead fish from Kerala may have lived alongside dinosaurs
Aathira Perinchery
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Weekend Quiz: What was the name of Asaf-ud-Daulah’s hunting lodge on the banks of Gomti?
The Heritage Lab
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Watch: Ancient Egyptian mummy coffin is opened for the first time in 2,500 years
Scroll Staff
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Delhi has faced a shortage of burial space since the British Raj. Covid-19 is making it worse
Kelsey J Utne, Nursing Clio
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‘The Shadow King’: The Booker shortlisted novel choreographs women’s footprints on the battlefield
Aditi Sriram
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Even during a plague in 1700s, religious institutions helped and hindered public health officials
Hannah Marcus, The Conversation
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What evolved faster – human brain or human society?
Nick Longrich, The Conversation