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The Last Neanderthals Weren’t the Genetic Disasters We Thought (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-24 | tags: neanderthals, hominins, genetics

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Genetic diversity of late Neanderthals in northwestern Europe (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-24 | by Bossoms Mesa | tags: neanderthals, max planck institute, ancient dna

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Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has an Astonishingly Ancient Origin (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-23 | get Interstellar Comet Model Kit → | tags: interstellar comet, 3i/atlas, ancient planetary system

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Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-18 | get Ancient DNA Testing Kit → | tags: yersinia pestis, ancient dna, lake baikal

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Lethal plague outbreaks in Lake Baikal hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-17 | by Macleod | get Ancient Disease Research Kit → | tags: y. pestis, lake baikal, ancient dna

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DNA from hunter-gatherer teeth reveals secrets of ancient plague (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-17 | by Thompson | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: hunter-gatherer, ancient plague, dna analysis

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Notes from tired Egyptian whose job is explaining that humans built the pyramids (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | get Egyptian Pyramid Model Kit → | tags: pyramids, ancient egypt, nile

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Notes from Tired Egyptian Whose Job Is Explaining That Humans Built the Pyramids (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | get Egyptian Pyramids Puzzle Book → | tags: pyramids, ancient egypt, nile

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Ancient genome duplications laid the foundations of complex brains (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-13 | get DNA Sequencing Kit → | tags: genome duplications, ancient genomes, brain evolution

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Scientists Pulled 700,000-Year-Old DNA From Frozen Squirrel Poop (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-12 | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient, ancient poop, arctic

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In Iron Age Scotland, People Removed the Brains of the Dead and Sharpened Their Bones (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-11 | get Ancient Bone Carving Kit → | tags: ancient, ancient burial, burial

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Ötzi the Iceman’s Microbes Still Show Signs of Life After 5,300 Years (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-03 | get Ancient Microbe DNA Kit → | tags: öti the iceman, microbes, ancient dna

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High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | by Stefan Al | get Roman Architecture Model Kit → | tags: insulae, roman apartments, insulae architecture

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Researchers Tap Into Ancient Glassmaking Tricks to Engineer Carbon-Trapping Glass (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-26 | get Carbon Capture Glass Kit → | tags: ancient glassmaking, zif glass, carbon storage

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New Scans Reveal Ancient Med Kit Belonging to Possible Pompeii Doctor (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-20 | get Ancient Medical Kit Replica → | tags: pompeii, ancient med kit, imaging techniques

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New map reveals lost roads of the Roman Empire (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | by Tom Brughmans | get Roman Empire Road Map → | tags: roman empire, via appia, ancient roads

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Secrets of giant ancient jar in Laos unpacked at last (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-18 | get Ancient Laos Jar Replica → | tags: laos, ancient jar, nature.com

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ASCII by Jason Scott (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-15 | get ASCII Art Book → | tags: living computer museum, mainframe, slashdot

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Circular Mass Graves East of the Nile Are Rewriting Egypt’s Prehistory (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-14 | get Ancient Egyptian Artifact Kit → | tags: nile, egypt, mass graves

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This Human DNA Tweak Came From a Distant Relative—But Not in the Way You’d Think (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-13 | get DNA Testing Kit → | tags: ancient, ancient proteins, archaic

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Did <i>Homo erectus</i> and Denisovans mate? Tooth proteins hint at ancient trysts (feeds.nature.com)

2026-05-13 | by Lewis | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient, china, denisovans

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An unknown Sega Saturn project has come to light after 29 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get Sega Saturn Classic Console → | tags: sega saturn, pyramid challenge, knowledge adventure

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Roman Empire’s collapse created a genetic melting pot in Europe (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-29 | by Callaway | get Roman Empire Genetic DNA Kit → | tags: roman empire, ancient genomes, altheim

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How Roman Sailors Repaired Ships on the Fly Far From Home (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-24 | get Roman Ship Repair Kit → | tags: roman navy, shipbuilding, adriatic sea

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Iliad fragment found in Roman-era mummy (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-22 | get Ancient Egyptian Mummy Replica → | tags: iliad, roman era, mummy

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4 Stoic rules to master your emotions at work (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-22 | get Stoic Meditation Journal → | tags: stoicism, ancient greece, roman philosophy

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Egyptian Archaeologists Find Perfectly Circular Temple Tied to Ancient Water Cult (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-20 | get Ancient Egyptian Water Cult Puzzle Puzzle → | tags: egyptian archaeology, circular temple, ancient water cult

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Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | by Callaway | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient human dna, human evolution, natural selection

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Ancient DNA reveals pervasive directional selection across West Eurasia [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-16 | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient dna, west eurasia, directional selection

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Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-15 | by Callaway | get Ancient DNA Extraction Kit → | tags: ancient human dna, human evolution, natural selection