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Study Pushes Origin of Dice to 12,000 Years Ago in North America

A new analysis of museum artifacts reclassifies two-sided bone pieces as dice using clear criteria.

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Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

New Species Crocodylus lucivenator, Likely Predator of 'Lucy,' Described From Ethiopia

Pompeii Opens Permanent Exhibition of 22 Victim Casts From the AD 79 Eruption

Virtual Reconstruction Reveals Little Foot’s Face, Hinting East African Affinities

X‑Chromosome Study Points to Sex‑Biased Human–Neanderthal Pairings Led by Neanderthal Males

Templo Mayor Dig Yields 43 Mezcala Figures in Moctezuma I–Era Offering

Science Study Finds Neandertal–Human Pairings Skewed Toward Neandertal Men and Modern Women

Study Finds Prehistoric Pairings Favored Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Study Recasts 2,800-Year-Old Serbian Mass Grave as Targeted Killing of Women and Children

Berlin Exhibition Reframes Göbeklitepe as Part of a 12,000-Year-Old Neolithic Network

Gold-Laden Elite Tomb Unearthed at Panama’s El Caño Site

Study Uncovers 2,800-Year-Old Massacre in Serbia That Targeted Women and Children

1,000-Year-Old Elite Tomb Unearthed at Panama’s El Cano Site

Viking-Age Mass Burial Unearthed Near Cambridge Reveals Brutal Deaths and a Trepanned Giant

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

Study of 5,500-Year-Old Gotland Graves Finds Co-Burials Were Often Extended Kin

12,000-Year-Old Sewn Hide From Oregon Caves Is Oldest Yet, Study Finds

Reexamined Neolithic Antler Headpiece Points to Shamanic Tradition in Central Germany