Ancient History

The oldest DNA ever found offers a peek into a lost world from two million years ago

Scientists have found genetic traces of the ancestors of modern reindeer, hares, lemmings and more from the DNA samples collected in Greenland.

Morten Allentoft, The Conversation
· Dec 12, 2022 · 11:30 pm
The world’s first professional acrobats were flipping through West Asia 4,000 years ago

Accounting records and personal letters unveil troupes of huppû, who performed several times per month at special events.

Javier Alvarez-Mon, The Conversation
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Yasmina Wicks, The Conversation
· Nov 01, 2021 · 11:30 pm
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
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Adhi Oktaviana, The Conversation
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Basran Burhan, The Conversation
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Maxime Aubert, The Conversation
· Jan 15, 2021 · 11:30 pm

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