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Name	It was the asteroid impact, not volcanic eruptions, that killed the dinosaurs \| Technology Org
Description	Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs and about 75% of Earth’s species 66 million years ago, according to a team involving University of Southampton researchers. Two planetary-scale disturbances occurred within a million years of one ano #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Our ancestors turned skulls into 'drinking cups' after eating head flesh just 4000 years ago, experts believe
Description	HUMAN skulls were transformed into pots and drinking cups as recently as the Bronze Age, experts claim. Our ancestors would "meticulously extract" the scalp and flesh (and potentially eat them), before turning the skulls into bowls, decorations and even war trophies. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Scientists find oldest-known fossilized digestive tract — 550 million years \| Technology Org
Description	A 550-million-year-old fossilized digestive tract found in the Nevada desert could be a key to understanding the early history of animals on Earth. More than a half-billion years ago, life on Earth consisted of simple ocean organisms unlike anything living in today's oceans. Then, beginning about #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid — not volcanoes \| Technology Org
Description	Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international, Yale-led team of researchers. It was all about the asteroid. In a break from a number of other recent studies, Yale assistant professor of geology & geophysics P #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	One-of-a-Kind Dinosaur Specimen Discovered in China Offers View Into Dinosaur-Bird Evolution
Description	TBD #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Neanderthals may have been shallow free divers, suggests a new study \| Ars Technica
Description	Clams were useful as both food and tools. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Secret code on Viking stone finally cracked after 1,200 years to reveal chilling prophecy – The Sun
Description	TBD #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Mass Extinction That Killed the Dinosaurs Was All About the Asteroid – Not Volcanoes
Description	TBD #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	X-rays reveal the faded colors of a 1,300-year-old Inca idol \| Ars Technica
Description	The idol was revered at Pachacamac for 700 years before Spanish conquest. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Prehistoric scorpion one of earliest creatures to scuttle on dry land - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Description	Parioscorpio venator is the oldest-known scorpion reported to date, living between 437.5 to 436.5 million years ago. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Study Traces Evolution of Acoustic Communication Back to 350 Million Years Ago
Description	TBD #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Free-Diving Neanderthals Gathered Tools From the Seafloor \| Gizmodo UK
Description	New evidence suggests Neanderthals gathered clam shells and volcanic rock from the bottom of the Mediterranean, which they fashioned into tools. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Daily briefing: A supercomputer is mining fossil records to uncover unknown extinctions
Description	TBD #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Research Brief: Glimpse into ancient hunting strategies of dragonflies and damselflies \| Technology Org
Description	Dragonflies and damselflies are animals that may appear gentle but are — in fact — ancient hunters. The closely related insects shared an ancestor over 250 million years ago — long before dinosaurs — and provide a glimpse into how an ancient neural system controlled precise and swift aerial assaults #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	‘Living Fossil’ May Upend Basic Tenet of Evolutionary Theory \| Technology Org
Description	The field of evolutionary biology has seen its share of spirited debates. But if there's one principle that virtually every expert in the field agrees on, it’s that natural selection occurs at the level of the genome. But now, a UC San Francisco–led research team has discovered the first conclusi #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Fossil is the oldest-known scorpion \| Technology Org
Description	Scientists studying fossils collected 35 years ago have identified them as the oldest-known scorpion species, a prehistoric animal from about 437 million years ago. The researchers found that the animal likely had the capacity to breathe in both ancient oceans and on land. The discovery provides #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Neanderthals Sourced New Tools by Diving Into The Ocean, Study Suggests
Description	Neanderthals are not nearly as oafish or as dim-witted as we once thought. Not only did this fellow hominin walk upright with a posture not unlike our own, but some populations in Western Europe might even have swum on a regular basis. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Volcanoes Eruptions Had Small Effects Before an Asteroid Killed Dinosaurs – NextBigFuture.com
Description	Yale researchers have determined that the asteroid was the main cause of the death of dinosaurs.... #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Ancient shark used its teeth like the blade of a power tool \| New Scientist
Description	The extinct shark Edestus used its teeth like saw blades, sliding them past each other like a power tool to slice through the soft flesh of its prey #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Asteroid DID wipe out the dinosaurs – and not 'extreme volcano event', new study claims
Description	THE DEATH of the dinosaurs was definitely caused by an asteroid impact, according to a team of scientists who were evaluating whether the newer theory that volcanoes led to their demise was accurate. The researchers used a variety of methods to assess ancient temperature records and the amount of greenhouse gases that could have been in the atmosphere. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Neanderthals collected shells at the beach, just like us - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Description	Archaeologists have found a collection of seashells and volcanic rock once owned by Neanderthals in Grotta dei Moscerini in central Italy. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Supercomputer scours fossil record for Earth’s hidden extinctions
Description	TBD #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Strange spider-shaped microorganisms could be our distant ancestors \| New Scientist
Description	Since the discovery of Asgard archaea in 2015, evidence has mounted that these peculiar single-celled organisms could be the source of all complex life – including us #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Forgotten trove of fossil feathers belonged to tiny polar dinosaurs \| Ars Technica
Description	A new study provides our first glimpse of fossil feathers near the South Pole. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	This Ancient Tree Species Is Virtually Immortal, And We Finally Understand How
Description	The passage of time holds few changes for the Ginkgo biloba tree, commonly known as the maidenhair. For tens of millions of years and through mass extinctions, this "botanical oddity" has stood unwavering, an ever-fixed "living fossil", as the worl #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Meet the relatives of our cellular ancestor
Description	TBD #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Ancient stardust leads to clearer picture of solar system \| Technology Org
Description	Interstellar dust is an important component of our galaxy. Condensed in the outflow of dying stars, it is used to study stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis and the chemical development of the galaxy. Although dust only presents about 1 percent of the mass in the interstellar medium (ISM), it c #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Buried in a meteorite, 7 billion-year-old stardust is oldest material found on Earth
Description	Scientists identified the oldest material on Earth: 7 billion-year-old stardust in a massive, rocky meteorite that struck our planet half a century ago. #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	Ancient Egyptian mummy tattoos come to light \| Science News for Students
Description	TBD #Archaeology & History
Field	# Archaeology & History
Updated	14 January 2020

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