New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of the New Kingdom by decades. By combining cutting edge radiocarbon analysis ...

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Three newly reported fossil discoveries — a 554‑million‑year‑old 'lost world' in China, a nearly complete Jurassic reptile near a dinosaur nest in the U.S., and a new Spinosaurus species in Niger — ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

Building a timeline of food history is an understandably complex undertaking. Some elements are obvious: It begins with water, for instance, and must include moments like the creation of modern ...