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Photo: Ahmed Boug et al./Communications Earth & Environment What the Cheetah Mummies Found in Arabian Caves Tell Us About Ancient Predators
The caves don’t bring cheetahs back, but they do complicate the idea that the predators disappeared without a trace.
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The mummified hand of the Siberian Ice Maiden, a suspected high-ranking shaman. Not the mummy in question. Photo: Charles O'Rear / Getty Images Ancient Siberian Mummy Was an Inbred Shaman, DNA Reveals
This burial wasn’t modest. It announced her importance.
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Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images Archaeologists Have Identified the Earliest Confirmed Adult Cremation
Cremation this early is rare. The oldest known cremated human remains date back about 40,000 years in Australia, but no pyre was found.
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Photo: Raj Upadhyay / Getty Images In the Ancient Roman Army, You Weren’t Cool Unless You Had a Pet Monkey
And your pet monkey had to have a pet pig, obviously.
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A different species of ancient, straight-tusked elephant. Photo: Nobumichi Tamura/Stocktrek Images / Getty Images
