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A Lock of Hair Reveals Beethoven’s Genome for the First Time

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Archery May Have Originated in Europe 40,000 Years Earlier Than We Thought
How 'Agent Elvis' Fixed the Biggest Problem With Elvis Biopics
DNA Study Reveals When Tibetans Got their High-Altitude Super Gene
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Archaeologists Discover Ritual Sacrifices at Mysterious 7,000-Year-Old Monuments
Into the Myst: The Oral History of America's Oldest Surviving Indie Game Studio
Daylight Savings Is Bad For Our Health — This Simple Method Is Better
These Tool-Wielding Monkeys Shed Light on a Huge Evolutionary Mystery
'Professor Layton' Trailer Brings Back Gaming's Most Underrated Aesthetic
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5,000-year-old Skeletons May Be World’s First Equestrians, Study Finds
Cosmic Rays Reveal A Hidden Corridor in the Great Pyramid of Giza
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Ancient Romans May Have Used Wooden Dildos, Researchers Say
David Fincher Reveals Why 'Mindhunter' Season 3 Didn’t (and Won’t Ever) Happen
Steven Spielberg is Turning Stanley Kubrick’s Greatest Unmade Movie Into an HBO Series
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The Oral History of Raccacoonie, the Weirdest Universe in 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'
Ancient Neanderthal Leftovers Reveal How Skilled Our Distant Cousins Were
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You Need to Play the Most Underrated Retro Sports Game on Nintendo Switch ASAP
Ancient Egyptian "Funeral Home" Reveals Secrets of Embalming
Study: Some Vikings Brought Horses and Dogs To Britain
‘Golden Boy’ mummy CT scans reveal 2,300-year-old burial traditions
15 Years Ago, 'Lost' Jumped the Shark by Breaking Its Most Important Rule
New 'House of the Dragon' Concept Art Book Plunges Into the Making of the Fantasy Hit
Studying ancient human DNA has unlocked our origins — but the ethics are hazy
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The Doomsday Clock is now at 90 seconds to midnight — here's what that means
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The oldest paintings ever found on Earth were not made by humans — research
Plague study complicates a commonly held belief about the Black Death
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Ancient Siberian DNA upends our understanding of Native American migration
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