Palaeontology, Archaeology and History

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1. 18th Century artificial intelligence

   By Still Waters, March 24, 2013   

   • chess
   • the turk
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2. Bronze age burial site suggests women ruled

   Elite women may have ruled El Argar 4,000 years ago

   By Still Waters, March 11, 2021   

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   • la almoloya
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3. Shipwreck Detective Work

   Piecing together the clues

   By Eldorado, March 27, 2013
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4. True Color of Dinosaur Feathers Debated

   By Still Waters, April 1, 2013   

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5. 400-year-old shipwreck reveals treasure hoard

   By Still Waters, April 4, 2013   

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6. Artefacts offer Pacific shark species absence

   clues

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7. How the Chess Set Got Its Look and Feel

   By Still Waters, April 4, 2013   

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8. Investigating Bronze Age stone ships

   By Still Waters, April 4, 2013   

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9. Making of Europe unlocked by DNA

   By DieChecker, April 24, 2013   

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   • europe
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10. Edinburgh’s Mysterious Miniature Coffins

    By Still Waters, April 26, 2013   

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11. Mastodons descended into civil war

    due to human hunting

    By Still Waters, May 6, 2013   

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12. Cave Painting

    By pantodragon, May 7, 2013
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13. Oldest dinosaur of its kind found in Canada

    new species of bone-headed dinosaur

    By Still Waters, May 8, 2013   

    • acrotholus audeti
    • bone-headed dinosaur
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14. Hearing changes, ancient in the human line

    By Still Waters, May 14, 2013   

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15. Byzantine Mosaics Uncovered In South Israel

    By Keel M., May 16, 2013
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16. The caring side of dinosaur dads

    By Still Waters, May 17, 2013   

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17. Rare 19th century torpedo discovered

    by a US Navy dolphin

    By Still Waters, May 20, 2013   

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18. Extinct relation of the pigeon

    was 'built for fighting'

    By Still Waters, May 24, 2013   

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19. The History of Dog Food

    By Still Waters, May 25, 2013   

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20. How the turtle got its unique hard shell

    By Still Waters, June 1, 2013   

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21. Bird ancestor reshuffles fossil pack

    By Still Waters, May 30, 2013   

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22. Wesserpeton amphibian fossil discovered

    By Still Waters, May 30, 2013   

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23. Dinosaur Eggs, Missing Link In Egg Evolution

    By Still Waters, May 30, 2013   

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24. Triceratops skeleton unearthed in Wyoming

    Rare & nearly complete

    By Still Waters, June 4, 2013   

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25. Re-discovering China's 'Son of Heaven'

    By Still Waters, June 3, 2013   

    • qin shihuang
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