Curious clay figurines found in Arizona may be fertility symbols used by farmers as much as 3,000 years ago.
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New Discoveries From Cahokia’s ‘Beaded Burial’ May Rewrite Story of Ancient American City
The people buried in one of America’s most famous prehistoric graves are not who we thought they were, researchers say.
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Strange Scrapes Discovered in Colorado Are First Evidence of Dinosaur ‘Foreplay,’ Study Says
Paleontologists believe the marks are evidence of what they call “prehistoric foreplay” among the dinosaurs of Cretaceous Colorado.
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‘Unusual’ Fossil Egg Reveals Evolutionary Link Between Dinosaurs and Birds
Millions of years after the reptilian animals we know as dinosaurs disappeared, some of their traits persisted in surprising ways among their descendants — birds — a new fossil shows….
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Infamous Mass Grave of Young Women in Ancient City of Cahokia Also Holds Men: Study
The scene, discovered by archaeologists in Illinois more than 40 years ago, depicts one of the most extravagant acts of violence ever documented in ancient America: A thousand-year-old pit found…
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Dome-Headed Dinosaurs Fought Skull-Cracking, Head-Butting Battles, Fossils Show
Offering a rare insight into specific — if somewhat self-destructive — dinosaur behavior, paleontologists say they think they’ve finally divined the purpose of the curious, bony crowns that once adorned…
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