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  Ancient Rome

  Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of Rome, founded on the Italian peninsula around 800 BC. During its twelve-century existence, the Roman civilization shifted from a ... > more
• Cultures
  Ancient Civilizations
  Early Climate
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Stone tool

  A stone tool is, in the most general sense, any tool made of stone. Although stone-tool-dependent cultures exist even today, most stone tools are associated with prehistoric societies that no longer ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Fossils
  Anthropology
  Cultures
  Origin of Life
   
  

  Ancient Egypt

  Ancient Egypt was a long-lived civilization in north-eastern Africa. It was concentrated along the middle to lower reaches of the Nile River, reaching its greatest extension during the second ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Anthropology
  Fossils
  Evolution
  Cultures
   
  

  Peking Man

  Peking Man (sometimes now called Beijing Man), also called Sinanthropus pekinensis (currently Homo erectus pekinensis), is an example of Homo erectus. The remains were first discovered in 1923-27 ... > more
• Evolutionary Biology
  Evolution
  Charles Darwin
  Nature
  Human Evolution
  Biology
   
  

  Convergent evolution

  In evolutionary biology, convergent evolution is the process whereby organisms not closely related (not monophyletic), independently evolve similar traits as a result of having to adapt to similar ... > more
• Early Humans
  Human Evolution
  Origin of Life
  Evolution
  Nature
  Evolutionary Biology
   
  

  Timeline of evolution

  This timeline of the evolution of life outlines the major events in the development of life on the planet Earth. Dates given are estimates based on scientific evidence. In biology, evolution is the ... > more
• Lost Treasures
  Ancient Civilizations
  Cultures
  Human Evolution
  Early Climate
  Archaeology
   

  Archaeological field survey

  Archaeological field survey is the methodological process by which archaeologists (often landscape archaeologists) collect information about the location, distribution and organisation of past human ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Weapons Technology
  Sports Science
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Aviation
   
  

  Catapult

  Catapults are siege engines using an arm to hurl a projectile a great distance. Any machine that hurls an object can be considered a catapult, but the term is generally understood to mean medieval ... > more
• Earth Science
  Environmental Issues
  Global Warming
  Geomagnetic Storms
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Anthropology
   

  End of civilization

  The end of civilization or the end of the world are phrases used in reference to human extinction scenarios, doomsday events, and related hazards which occur on a global ... > more
• Dolphins and Whales
  Early Mammals
  Sea Life
  Marine Biology
  Animals
  Early Humans
   
  

  Evolution of cetaceans

  The cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) are descendants of land-living mammals, and remnants of their terrestrial origins can be found in the fact that they must breathe air from the surface; ... > more

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