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The oldest evidence for human ancestors using fire, dating back to between 1 million and 1.5 million years ago, comes from a ...

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Scholars have long debated how the massive stone figures of Rapa Nui got to where they stand today. A new study offers one ...

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Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling the Celts. At that time, the Roman Republic was protecting its new ...

Olive oil is the Swiss army knife of foodstuffs. It can dress salads, sauté vegetables, even grease squeaky hinges. And for ...