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At a site not far from an ancient forum and amphitheater once used to host Roman gladiators, archaeologists discovered an ...

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Long-term studies at Georgia Tech and beyond show that evolution is happening right now. They capture the rise of new species ...

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A multitude of mysteries remain unsolved about the ancient Greek world, providing more questions than answers.

Xenophon's ancient Greek army's encounter with hallucinogenic honey left them incapacitated, highlighting an unusual moment in warfare.

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid savanna-like environment.

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