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Footprints on Greek Island are 5.7 Million Years Old
Two sets of ancient footprints–– believed to be around 5.7 million years old–– have been discovered on the tiny Greek island of...
From Cowry to Crypto: A (Very) Brief History of Money
We spend it every day without giving it a second thought... But what exactly is money? Before money was invented, our ancestors had to...
Farming Invented Twice in Middle East
Two Middle Eastern populations independently invented farming in the region, according to the genomes of 44 people who lived between...
Humans Reached Australia 18,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
Our species, Homo Sapiens, may have arrived in Australia as early as 65,000 years ago; some 18,000 years sooner than previously thought....
The Stilt Walkers of Landes, France
Until the early twentieth century (~1930s), when the practice began to peter out, shepherds of the Landes (Lat. 'planus', 'flat')...
The Cargo Cults of Melanesia
At the end of the nineteenth century, in the wake of successive colonial encounters between European colonists and the indigenous...
Mechanical Magic
A life-size, clockwork automaton of a swan made of silver with glass and metal fittings CE c.1773 _______________________________________...
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