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Ancient rock art reveals a surprise connection between humans and dinosaurs.

Renan Rodrigues Chandu and Pedro Arcanjo José Feitosa, and the Casa Grande boy

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Discovery of 9000-year-old rock art shows humans may have interacted with dinosaur footprints

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Engraving by Hendrik Hondius portraying three people affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Pieter Brueghel.

The "dancing plague" remains a mystery 500 years later

Engraving by Hendrik Hondius portraying three people affected by the plague. Work based on original drawing by Pieter Brueghel.

A plague that made people dance for 3 months straight remains a scientific mystery 500 years later

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An ancient city has now been revealed to the public.

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Archeologists dig up a 3,500-year-old lost ancient city in Peru

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Scientists crafted a prehistoric canoe, sailed 140 miles, and made a historic discovery

“Before our project, no one had seriously considered how this maritime migration occurred.”

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In WWII, Queen Elizabeth II was called "Princess Auto Mechanic." Here's how she earned the title.

She became the first female member of the British royal family in active duty.

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In the 1930s, a horseback women’s brigade brought books to rural Kentucky

Spreading literacy one hoofbeat at a time.

The myth of Lydia Taft, said to be America's first woman voter, and what it means now

The myth of Lydia Taft, said to be America's first woman voter, and what it means now

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”

Theresa Malkiel

How International Women’s Day reforms history, with roots from one Jewish immigrant

“She did not want to wait for social justice.”