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Study Recasts 12,000-Year-Old Plains Artifacts as the Earliest Dice

A peer-reviewed reanalysis proposes that two-sided bone pieces from Folsom sites were dice, prompting calls for firmer dating and context.

Study Finds 12,000-Year-Old Native American Dice That Upend the History of Chance

Heavy Wool on Pompeii Victims Found in New Analysis as Eruption-Date Dispute Continues

Neanderthals Crafted Crayon-Like Ochre Tools in Crimea and Ukraine, Study Finds