Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

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It is clear that the sprawling city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City was a major metropolis of the ancient world, but what do ...

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DNA recovered from 1,000-year-old dried feces indicates that intestinal infections from pinworm or Shingella may have plagued ...

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