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Friday, May 22
May 22, 2009

Scientists have re-examined prehistoric artifacts from a cave in southwest France, and they think that early modern humans may have used Neanderthal body parts as ornaments, and perhaps even food. The study “opens up a whole world of possibilities” about how humans and Neanderthals could have interacted, according to bioanthropologist Colin Groves of Australian National […]

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Thursday, May 21
May 21, 2009

A marble sculpture stolen from an Albanian museum has been returned. Italian police discovered the bust of Asclepius in a private home in 2004. Spiegel Online investigates the Henri Stierlin’s claim that the bust of Nefertiti in Germany’s Altes Museum is a modern fake. “You can prove a fake, but you can’t prove originals. That’s […]

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