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DNA evidence reshapes the story of Pompeii's 79 AD eruption victims, challenging old assumptions and revealing new insights ...

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It is unclear exactly why the animals went extinct, but scientists say that human activity or climate change contributed to ...

By Mike Lee For most of our evolutionary history, human activity has been linked to daylight. Technology has liberated us ...

First identified by archaeologists in 1978, the site was initially found to be home to at least 70 hominin footprints ...