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An ancient shipwreck carrying an estimated 600–650 commercial amphorae has been discovered off the coast of the Greek island of Andros, in a significant underwater archaeological find dating to the late 5th and early 4th century BC.

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Numerous geometric earthworks have been found in southwestern Amazonia, evidence of a monument-building precolonial civilization1,2,3. This knowledge has contributed to the discussion about the deep history and the precolonial urbanism of Amazonia, its sociocultural contexts and its environmental legacy2,4,5,6,7,8. Estimates of the geographical extent and population size of the forest civilization have remained weak, because the detection of earthworks has been almost exclusively limited to deforested areas where vegetation does not completely hide the structures. Here we used canopy-penetrating LiDAR data over 4,430 km of flight to define the geographical distribution and quantity of earthworks in this region better. On the basis of both existing data and our LiDAR documentation, we show that this cultural area alone contains as many earthworks as previously estimated for the whole of Amazonia. We also propose that the total human population of the area in 100–300 AD was 1.25–3 million people. If similar results are found elsewhere in Amazonia, the total precolonial population density and its effect on the current Amazonian soil and forest structure, biodiversity and even some modelling of the global climate should be re-evaluated.

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Research Article (Paleobotany)

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Bioarcheological Reassessment of Dahshur Royal Skeletal Remains from the late middle kingdom (c. 1850 to 1700 BCE), Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology (2026). DOI: 10.3389/fearc.2026.1844402

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For decades, researchers have debated the subsistence strategies of precolonial societies in the Brazilian Cerrado (tropical savanna): Were they hunter-gatherers or intensive maize farmers, and in either case, how did they organize themselves and interact with the land they inhabited?

…Roughly 252 million years ago, the Permian-Triassic extinction event, often called the “Great Dying,” wiped out about 96% of marine species and 70% of land animals. Yet the devastation was not evenly distributed across the tree of life.

One of the biggest changes during the evolution from dinosaurs to birds was the shortening of the tail. Modern birds have only four to nine tail vertebrae and a pygostyle, a fused structure that supports the tail feathers and helps improve flight.

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, alongside its Florida chapter (CAIR-Florida), today issued a joint statement commending U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) for his strong stance demanding the immediate release of Sama Safi, a 20-year-old American citizen and student who was kidnapped by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank.

To mark the occasion, [they’ve] made a brand new trailer