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Oldest American Art Found
The Americas' oldest known artist has been confirmed as an Ice Age hunter in what is now Florida, according to a new study.
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Why Solstice Kicks off Summer
Find out why the summer solstice is the first day of summer, and why it's the longest day of the year—but not the hottest.
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Arizona Fire Menaces Ancient Sites
Arizona's giant Wallow Fire could scorch hundreds of archaeological sites—some dating back 2,000 years—experts say.
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Parasite Detected in Mummies
A wormlike parasite that plagues people worldwide also infected ancient Africans, new mummy analyses reveal for the first time.
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3-Foot "Shrimp" Fossil Found
By far the largest ever found of its kind, the spiny fossil predator "would have made enough scampi to feed an army," one expert quipped.
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Neanderthal Last Stand?
A prehistoric "tool kit" suggests Neanderthals hung on longer than expected—and farther north, in a subarctic refuge, a new study says.
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Cave Art Found in Basque Country
Researchers have unexpectedly discovered 25,000-year-old images of horses and human hand prints in a cave in northern Spain.
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Signs of Sea Monster Battle?
A gnawed fossil skull points to "a really aggressive encounter" between two giant dolphin-like reptiles.
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Lost City Revealed
The ancient Maya city of Head of Stone—a hundred buildings buried under rain forest—has emerged via 3-D mapping.
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Sea Cow Teeth Reveal Rainy Past
Fossilized sea cow teeth suggest Earth was surprisingly wet and warm about 50 million years ago, a new study says.
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Biggest Fossil Spider Found
The new species is the oldest member of a group of modern web weavers that spin five-foot webs, a new study says.
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Legendary Saints' Bones Confirmed?
The skeletons of two married, early-Christian saints—buried alive nearly 2,000 years ago—may have been confirmed via forensic analysis in Italy.
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Mummy Had Oldest Heart Disease
A "petite" Egyptian royal who would have needed double bypass surgery may offer new clues to the causes of clogged arteries, experts say.
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Photos: Egypt Mummies Scanned
Recent scans of 52 mummies revealed at least half the dead had clogged arteries—including a princess with the oldest known heart disease.
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New "Bucktooth" Dinosaur Found
A new species of dinosaur with "monstrous front teeth" links the earliest dinos with more advanced predators such as T. rex, experts say.
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Why Solstice Kicks off Summer
Find out why the summer solstice is the first day of summer, and why it's the longest day of the year—but not the hottest.
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Photos: Volcano Ash Smothers Region
Ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano has fallen a foot deep in parts of Patagonia, choking rivers and streams and coating livestock.
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Photos: Princess Tomb Unearthed
Ornate gold and amber jewelry are among treasures found in an Iron Age noblewoman’s grave, which was recently excavated whole.
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Pluto Chasers at Work
Get updates and pictures from the field as astronomers watch an occultation of Pluto and its moons from a scattering of Pacific islands.
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2011's Top Conservation Leaders
This year’s Buffett Award winners for Leadership in Conservation are a community leader of the Huaorani people of Ecuador, and a innovative Kenyan wildlife conservationist.
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Glass of Soda Powers a Light Bulb
On the first day of the 2011 National Geographic Explorers Symposium, T.H. Culhane showed how to power a light bulb with a glass of soda, inspired by a kid’s YouTube video.
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