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Archeologists uncover ancient fishhooks in Indonesia

Posted on January 29, 2024January 28, 2024 by Sciworthy

Archeologists discovered the remains of 12,000-year-old fishhooks and other fishing artifacts in a cave on Alor Island, Indonesia.

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    The ancient Mayan practice of dental modification

    Posted on February 7, 2022December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

    Today, dentists attach orthodontic devices to people’s teeth, like braces and crowns, for health reasons. During the early Preclassic…

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      Ancient bacteria leave behind fossils, too!

      Posted on February 1, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      Scientists used genetic technology to identify the different roles of bacteria present in ancient fossil formations called stromatolites.

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        The shape of the continents is not a coincidence

        Posted on September 13, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Biological processes might have led to greater continental crust coverage than would be expected on a planet without life.

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          Giant dinosaur tracks found in a cave in France

          Posted on March 15, 2021November 2, 2022 by Gina Misra

          Sauropods were previously thought to have had their heyday in the Late Jurassic period. Recent fossil evidence says it was probably much…

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            New ancient human species bones uncovered in the Philippines

            Posted on July 15, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

            The remains of a previously unknown species of human has been found in a cave in the Philippines!

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              Scientists discover cockroach fossils from the dinosaur age

              Posted on June 17, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              Two new species of cave dwelling cockroaches have been discovered from a cave in Myanmar. They have been dated to be 99 million years old…

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                A new way to look for signs of ancient life on Earth and Mars

                Posted on June 5, 2020October 24, 2022 by Andrea Corpolongo

                The Mars 2020 mission involves sending a rover, named Perseverance, to Mars to look for evidence of past life on that planet. Perseverance…

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                  New understanding of an ancient man and his tools

                  Posted on July 23, 2018October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  During the last days of the summer of 1991, tourists hiking in the Ötztal Alps near the Italy – Austria border found the remains of…

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                    A new transitional bird fossil has been found

                    Posted on June 29, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                    In 1870, parts of a fossilized bird were found in Kansas and then described by the American paleontologist Othniel Marsh. This new bird,…

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