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Giant rhino fossils in China show new species was ‘taller than giraffe’

A new species of the ancient giant rhino – among the largest mammals to walk on land – has been discovered in north-western China, researchers say.
Earth Has a 27.5-Million-Year ‘Heartbeat’, But We Don’t Know What Causes It

A new study of ancient geological events suggests that our planet has a slow, steady ‘heartbeat’ of geological activity every 27 million years or so.
The real urban jungle: how ancient societies reimagined what cities could be

They may be vine-smothered ruins today, but the lost cities of the ancient tropics still have a lot to teach us about how to live alongside nature.
How ancient people fell in love with bread, beer and other carbs

On a clear day, the view from the ruins of Göbekli Tepe stretches across southern Turkey all the way to the Syrian border some 50 kilometres away. At 11,600 years old, this mountaintop archaeological site has been described as the world’s oldest temple — so ancient, in fact, that its T-shaped pillars and circular enclosures pre-date pottery in the Middle East.
How our ancestors conquered the dark to produce the world’s oldest art

Caves, often their deepest reaches, were humanity’s first art galleries, where early artists produced star maps, hunting scenes and friezes of ice age animals.

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