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Homo Erectus And Hobbit Humans May Have Had To Protect Their Helpless Babies From Leopards, Tigers And Komodo Dragons

Artist's impression of Homo erectus parents caring for baby and child

Homo Erectus And Hobbit Humans May Have Had To Protect Their Helpless Babies From Leopards, Tigers And Komodo Dragons

Artist's impression of Homo erectus parents caring for baby and child

Homo Erectus And Hobbit Humans May Have Had To Protect Their Helpless Babies From Leopards, Tigers And Komodo Dragons

A new study finds it likely that archaic human infants experienced flat head syndrome, just like our own babies do.

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The Birth Of A Seafloor: Scientists Witness New Oceanic Crust Forming Through Earth Splitting Apart For First Time

Hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor

The Birth Of A Seafloor: Scientists Witness New Oceanic Crust Forming Through Earth Splitting Apart For First Time

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Were The Mysterious “Sea Peoples” Lurking Throughout Nolan's The Odyssey Real? We Asked The Experts

Etching taken from part of the wall relief at Medinet Habu, Egypt depicting the Sea Peoples (thought to be the Peleset) being defeated by the army of Ramses III in c.1173 BCE.

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Were The Mysterious “Sea Peoples” Lurking Throughout Nolan's The Odyssey Real? We Asked The Experts

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How Do Animals Get Their Patterns? Find Out More In Issue 49 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

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Asteroid (44) Nysa Is A World Like No Other – It’s The First Known 3-Lobed Space Object And Even Has Its Own Moon

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Meet Simon And Garfunkel: Rare Two-Headed Gecko Doing Well At 1 Month Old, Even If "The Left Head Is A Bit More Grumpy"

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If The Bodies Of Pompeii Are Casts, Why Do Some Have Teeth? The City Is So Well Preserved, Even "The Archaeology Has Its Own Archaeology"

pompeii cast shows clear face and mouth with teeth in a row

If The Bodies Of Pompeii Are Casts, Why Do Some Have Teeth? The City Is So Well Preserved, Even "The Archaeology Has Its Own Archaeology"

Giuseppe Fiorelli's novel technique for capturing the corpse casts preserved more than just the shape of the cavity.

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First Sugar Discovered Near The Milky Way’s Center Shows Our Galaxy Is More Of A Raspberry Milkshake

Molecular cloud M78 is similar to the one close to the center of our galaxy, where the sugar erythrulose has been detected.

First Sugar Discovered Near The Milky Way’s Center Shows Our Galaxy Is More Of A Raspberry Milkshake

We wouldn’t recommend drinking deep, but it might taste sweet.

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Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

A topographical map of the Einstein crater on the Moon. Circles around a central impact crater.

Falcon 9 Rocket Stage "Abandoned" In High-Earth Orbit Is About To Slam Into The Moon, With The Energy Of 11.8 Gigajoules

The Moon is about to get a new crater courtesy of Elon Musk, and astronomers are ready to watch it happen.

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Eagle Unknowingly Incubates Goose Eggs Alongside Her Own In An “Extraordinary Case Of Nest Usurpation”. A Parent Trap That Had Mixed Results

an eagle sits on three eggs, two do not look like the other

Eagle Unknowingly Incubates Goose Eggs Alongside Her Own In An “Extraordinary Case Of Nest Usurpation”. A Parent Trap That Had Mixed Results

And we thought pigeon nest choices were questionable.

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