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Angelyn Bass cleans and stabilises the surface of a wall of a Maya house (supplied)

Newly discovered Mayan calendar goes beyond 2012

The new finding shows calculations include a time span longer than 6,000 years that could extend well beyond 2012.

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What caused the ancient pre-human world to be so hot - just the way the dinosaurs needed it - was a variety of factors

Excuse me: Dinosaur farts helped warm Earth

Potty humour just got prehistoric. A new study suggests that dinosaurs may have helped keep an already overheated world warmer with their flatulence and burps 200 million years ago.

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Syria's turmoil is threatening the country's rich archaeological heritage, experts warn (Reuters)

Syria uprising: Cultural treasures latest victim

Syria's turmoil is threatening the country's rich archaeological heritage, experts warn.

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A migration of farmers started in southern Europe and moved northward (file pic)

Study: Ancient migrants spread farming in Europe

Scientists have long debated how farming expanded across Europe.

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Fossil find in Kentucky stumps experts

Experts are trying to figure out what a fossil dubbed 'Godzillus' used to be.

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Medieval buried treasures discovered in Cumbria video

The buried treasures of a medieval abbot have lain undiscovered near his Abbey in Cumbria for up to 900 years.

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One of the eggs of the Bonapartenykus ultimus

Dinosaur eggs discovered in Argentina

A 70-million-year-old pocket of fossilised bones and eggs of a birdlike dinosaur have been found in Patagonia. An Argentine-Swedish research team reported the discovery.

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Dr Breslow says another planet could today be ruled by a race of advanced dinosaurs

Are there dinosaurs in space?

If dinosaurs weren't wiped out by an asteroid impact 65 million years ago, could they have evolved human-level intelligence?

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The carcass of a well-preserved baby mammoth, named Lyuba, is seen during a media preview in Hong Kong (Reuters)

Baby woolly mammoth arrives in Hong Kong video

A 42,000-year-old baby woolly mammoth found in Russia five years ago has arrived in Hong Kong to kick off its Asian tour.

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