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- Where was the first city in the world? - New Scientist
Estimates of Uruk’s population vary wildly, but, by around 4900 years ago, it is thought to have housed more than 60,000 people, making it one of the oldest cities in the world
- Worlds oldest cheese found on 3500-year-old Chinese mummies
A mysterious white substance found on Bronze Age mummies in China has proven to be the world’s oldest cheese The cheese remnants were first found about two decades ago, smeared on the heads and
- Drowned Indian city could be worlds oldest - New Scientist
Evidence of an ancient "lost river civilisation" has been uncovered off the west coast of India, the country's minister for science and technology has announced Local archaeologists claim the
- Where is the coldest place on Earth? - New Scientist
The Eastern Antarctic Plateau claims the title of coldest place on Earth with air temperatures of -94°C and land temperatures as low as -98°C
- The stunning east Asian city that dates to the dawn of civilisation
Their startling discoveries suggest that Liangzhu was eastern Asia’s oldest state-based society, and its infrastructure may even have surpassed the achievements of Egypt and Mesopotamia
- The worlds oldest paycheck was cashed in beer - New Scientist
Humans The world's oldest paycheck was cashed in beer Once upon a time we all had roughly the same daily chores Then employment emerged What happened? By Alison George
- Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing
A painstaking investigation of Europe’s cave art has revealed 32 shapes and lines that crop up again and again and could be the world’s oldest code
- Human origins: Neolithic and Bronze Age Turkey - New Scientist
With a rich history, it is of international importance for the history of the Neolithic Period and features the oldest-known life-sized human sculpture, Urfa Man, dating back to around 9000 BC
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