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If humans are getting smarter, why are our brains shrinking?Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened are debated.
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500-year-old gold dental bridge is earliest known oral care of its kind in Scotland — and it likely held a fake toothArchaeologists discovered the 20-karat-gold dental wire in the lower jaw of a middle-aged man who lived around 500 years ago in Scotland.
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Gold sword scabbard discovered under toppled tree in Norway was likely 'sacrificed' by an elite warrior 1,500 years agoA hiker poked into a hole in the ground and discovered a rare gold scabbard ornament from Norway's Migration period.
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More doomed Franklin expedition sailors identified, revealing clues about how they tried to find safetyDNA from living descendants of relatives have allowed four members of the ill-fated Franklin expedition to be identified.
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'Extremely rare' English coins meant to ward off Vikings found in Denmark — because the Vikings wore them as jewelryTwo rare coins minted in England to ward against Viking raids have been discovered in Denmark, where Vikings made them into jewelry.
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Mysterious green rocks in Pyrenees cave hint that prehistoric people were working copper there for 4,000 yearsDozens of pieces of bright-green rock discovered in a cave in the Pyrenees may be evidence of copper smelting 7,000 years ago.
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Centuries-old Christian Nubian murals inspire gorgeous fashion reconstructionsStunning clothes from medieval Christian Nubia have been re-created and put on models, whose performance brought onlookers to tears.
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Athena bowl: A silver and gold vessel of the goddess and her owl, buried in a German forest 2,000 years agoAstonishing Artifacts The ornately decorated metal bowl was found as part of a hoard containing dozens of pieces of ancient Roman tableware.
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Did Japan have female samurai?Life's Little Mysteries The samurai are renowned as skilled warriors, but were any of them women?
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