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November 29, 2025 12:51 PM

Scientists solve the mystery of the prehistoric ‘Burtele Foot’

Scientists have solved the mystery of 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the "Burtele Foot" discovered in Ethiopia in 2009, finding they belonged to an enigmatic human ancestor that lived alongside another closely related species during a poorly und...

November 28, 2025 3:12 PM

Putting Pompeii’s pieces together, with the help of a robot

Pompeii's ancient Roman frescoes, shattered and buried for centuries, could get a second life thanks to a pioneering robotic system designed to support archaeologists in one of their most painstaking tasks: reassembling fragmented artefacts. The tec...

November 27, 2025 3:02 PM

Elephant dung DNA reveals hidden forest populations, study shows

There are thousands more endangered African forest elephants than previously thought, thanks to a new counting method using the DNA extracted from their dung, a study showed on Thursday. The species of elephant, important in helping rainforests to r...

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