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Some of the first human beings to arrive in Tasmania, over 41,000 years ago, used fire to shape and manage the landscape, ...
A new study led by the University of Aberdeen has provided greater understanding of Scotland's final deadly brush with the ...
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A new study finds that the disturbance-demanding plant species oak, hazel and yew were abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient vegetation was ...
In 1796, David Roberts was born in Scotland. In the same year ... interest and scholarly knowledge of two of humanity’s most ...
Has the Atlantis mystery finally been solved? A new book reveals that Plato based his story on a real setting, now beneath ...