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The Walking Dead: A Tour of Prehistory
The Walking Dead offers some good prehistory. In the show's post-apocalyptic world, humanity...
Cheddar Man’s Family
Scientists call Britain's oldest complete skeleton "Cheddar Man." He lived around 7150 B.C.E.,...
History of the Fortune Cookie
The first record of fortune cookies comes from Japan in the early 1800's, not from China,...
Polynesian Canoes Reached the Americas
Research on sweet potatoes suggests the Polynesians reached the New World centuries before...
Dracula’s Dungeon Found?
Cool: CNN video.
We Evolved to Eat Vegetables and Meat, Not Grains and Dairy
MyPlate is a graphic from the USDA that advises Americans how to eat. But I think it's based on...
Did Hobbits Live among Us Recently?
The Indonesian island of Flores and its neighbors host two unusual languages, called Ke'o and...
Britain Does Something Noble
In 1807, the British Parliament outlawed the slave trade. Then the government did something truly...
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