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An asteroid explodes on Earth. Illustration: depositphotos.com

What really killed the mammoths? New evidence points to a comet explosion 13 years ago

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Shock-shocked quartz from three classic Clovis sites in North America supports the "Younger Dryas" hypothesis that an exploding comet caused widespread fires, a "vulnerable winter," and the extinction of megafauna and Clovis culture
Mud brick EA 32689 from the Temple of Ahmose at Abydos Mud brick EA 32689 (British Museum) from the Temple of Ahmose at Abydos, containing the Nebpehtire pharoah (kingdom name) ring of Pharaoh Ahmose. Its radiocarbon dates support a low chronology to the beginning of the 18th Dynasty. Credit: HJ Bruins, 2018 © The Trustees of the British Museum, London. Shared under Creative Commons ‏CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

New research finds that the New Kingdom in Egypt began later than previously thought

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First-of-its-kind radiocarbon dating of artifacts associated with Pharaoh Ahmose – sampled from the British Museum and the Petrie Museum – suggests that the Thera eruption occurred as early as the Second Intermediate Period, supporting a “low chronology” for the 18th Dynasty
Midlife crisis? Now it's early. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Midlife crisis? Try age 20

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Since 2008, a U-shaped trend in subjective well-being has been documented in developed and developing countries across the lifespan. Well-being declined from childhood to around age 50, then recovered in old age. Data also showed a parallel increase in “sickness” or unhappiness.
Figure 2 - Stone tools and hand stones from site MW2, all made of volcanic raw materials. Photo credit - Arela Hubers.

The adaptability and thinking of early hominins in Ethiopia 1.6–1 million years ago was developed

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The study examines how ancient humans chose and used different types of rocks to create tools, focusing on the archaeological site of Malacca and Kena in the Ethiopian highlands, one of the oldest high altitude settlement sites in the world
2,000-year-old tefillin in the Antiquities Authority laboratories. Photo: Emil Eljam, Antiquities Authority

A new study states: 2,000 years ago, Tefillin were not dyed black

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Researchers from Ariel University, the Antiquities Authority, the University of Exeter in England, and the Weizmann Institute conducted a series of scientific tests on ancient tefillin houses from the Judean Desert, and discovered that - contrary to the accepted law, according to which the houses must be painted
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