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Sarah Pruitt

Giant Ape Went Extinct Rather Than Adapt its Diet
Giant Ape Went Extinct Rather Than Adapt its Diet

The mysterious ape Gigantopithecus, which roamed Earth some 100,000 years ago, went extinct after climate change made its preferred diet of forest fruit unsustainable.

Researchers May Be Closer to Solving Ancient Inca Mystery
Researchers May Be Closer to Solving Ancient Inca Mystery

Archaeologists hope a recently discovered stash of khipu, a system of strings and knots used by the ancient Inca civilization, will help them decode this mysterious mode of information storage.

Was Amelia Earhart Captured While Spying on Japan?
Was Amelia Earhart Captured While Spying on Japan?

Explore the longstanding theory that Amelia Earhart was flying a spy mission for the U.S. government when she disappeared in 1937.
Students Use Da Vinci Design to Build World’s Longest Ice Bridge
Students Use Da Vinci Design to Build World’s Longest Ice Bridge

Last week, a team of students and volunteers in Finland started building what will be the world’s longest ice bridge, based on a design by Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci.

The History of New Year’s Resolutions
The History of New Year’s Resolutions

The custom of making New Year’s resolutions has been around for thousands of years, but it hasn’t always looked the way it does today.

Palmyra Arch That Survived ISIS Will Be Recreated in New York and London
Palmyra Arch That Survived ISIS Will Be Recreated in New York and London

The entrance arch of the 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria, will be replicated using the world’s largest 3D printer and erected in Trafalgar Square and Times Square.

Scientists Recreate Skull of Human-Neanderthal Ancestor
Scientists Recreate Skull of Human-Neanderthal Ancestor

Researchers used digital techniques to build a 3D model of the skull of the last common ancestor shared by modern humans and Neanderthals.

Early Spanish Colony Unearthed In Downtown Pensacola
Early Spanish Colony Unearthed In Downtown Pensacola

A long-running mystery has been solved after artifacts surfaced confirming the location of the oldest multi-year settlement in the United States in Pensacola, Florida.

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