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Teen discovers 2, 300-year-old Greek coin in Berlin field
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (337+ words) A 13-year-old schoolboy has uncovered a rare ancient Greek coin in a field on the outskirts of Berlin, later confirmed by experts to be more than 2, 300 years old and the first of its kind ever found in the German capital....
DNA research reshapes story of human origins
2+ day, 54+ min ago (414+ words) A major genetic study is reshaping how scientists understand the origin of modern humans, suggesting that early Homo sapiens did not emerge from a single isolated population in Africa. Instead, the study said, humanity's beginnings appear to have involved multiple…...
40, 000-year-old German artifacts may display written language precursor
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (654+ words) A small object called the Adorant figurine, discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979, crafted roughly 40, 000 years ago by some of the earliest people to establish a distinct culture in Europe, bears intriguing sequences of notches and dots. Numerous other…...
Henry VIII's lost "love heart' worth "3. 5m saved from private sale, heads to British Museum in dramatic rescue
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (324+ words) Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon's marriage didn't last " he divorced her in 1533 " but a golden heart pendant linked to their union did survive, and has now been secured for permanent display at the British Museum. The 24-carat-gold heart, complete…...