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World’s oldest leather shoe found in Armenia - 5500 years old

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A team of international archeologists have discovered the world’s oldest leather shoe in an Armenian cave. The perfectly preserved 5,000 year old shoe has blown away researchers due to its excellent condition relative to its age.
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Should We Clone Neanderthals?

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Newly developed techniques could make cloning Neanderthal cells or body parts a reality within a few years. The ability to use the genes of extinct hominins is going to force the field of paleoanthropology into some unfamiliar ethical territory. There are still technical obstacles, but soon it could be possible to use that long-extinct genome to safely create a healthy, living Neanderthal clone. Should it be done?
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3,000 Footprints Show Dinosaurs on the Run in China

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Why were the footprints, which ranged from four to 31 inches in length, all in one direction? According to one expert, Wang Haijun, it might have been the result of migration. Or it could have been because of panic by plant-eating dinosaurs confronted in a surprise raid by meat-eating counterparts, he said.
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Alcohol's Neolithic Origins: Brewing Up a Civilization

Did civilization get its start from alcohol? You may be surprised, shocked, or just claim it's obvious.
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Lead in Cleopatra's eye makeup had health benefits

The analysis carried out by scientists from the Louvre museum in Paris and the French Center for Scientific Research found that in very low doses, lead could actually have a positive effect. "We knew ancient Greeks and Romans, too, had noted the makeup had medicinal properties, but wanted to determine exactly how," Walter said.
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First Jesus-Era House Uncovered in Nazareth, Israel

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"This may well have been a place that Jesus and his contemporaries were familiar with," Alexandre said. A young Jesus may have played around the house with his cousins and friends, she said. "It's a logical suggestion."
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Anglo-Saxon gold trove found in farmer's field: $5.5 million

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The largest haul of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, unearthed by a metal-detector enthusiast in a farmer's field, has been valued at 3.28 million pounds ($5.5 million) by a committee of experts.
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Vanished Persian army said found in desert

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Bronze weapons, a silver bracelet, an earring and hundreds of human bones found in the vast desolate wilderness of the Sahara desert have raised hopes of finally finding the lost army of Persian King Cambyses II. The 50,000 warriors were said to be buried by a cataclysmic sandstorm in 525 B.C.
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Ancient Skeleton Could Rewrite the Book on Human Origins

Ardi lived 4.4 million years ago in the woodlands of East Africa. She spent most of her time in the trees. She stood about 4 feet tall, weighed 110 pounds, and had long arms, short legs, and a grasping big toe that was perfect for clambering branch to branch. She ate in the trees, raised her offspring in the trees, slept in the trees.
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7 Submerged (Underwater) Wonders of the World

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A wealth of human history lies submerged in ancient cities at the bottoms of lakes, seas and oceans of the world. Some of these were sent into the water via earthquakes, tsunamis or other disasters thousands of years ago. Many have just recently been rediscovered, by accident or through emergent technological innovations. Some have even caused scientists to question the history of human civilization.
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Human Stabbed a Neanderthal, Evidence Suggests | LiveScience

Newly analyzed remains suggest that a modern human killed a Neanderthal man in what is now Iraq between 50,000 and 75,000 years ago. The finding is scant but tantalizing evidence for a theory that modern humans helped to kill off the Neanderthals. The probable weapon of choice: A thrown spear.
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Huge Ancient Roman Floor Mosaic Unveiled In Israel

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LOD, Israel — Israeli archaeologists unveiled one of the largest and best preserved mosaics ever found in the country Wednesday, for only the second time since it was discovered more than a decade ago. The 600-square-foot (56 square meter), 1,700-year-old Roman floor mosaic was found in 1996 during an archaeological dig in the town of Lod near Tel Aviv. It drew 10,000 visitors in the one weekend it was on display then, according to the Israeli Antiquities Authority, the government agency responsible for its restoration.
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