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Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021
Neanderthal Genome
Vindija Cave, Croatia, 2010
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Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021
Neolithic City of Shimao
Shaanxi Province, China, 2011
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Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021
Child and Llama Sacrifice
Huanchaquito–Las Llamas, Peru, 2012
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Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021
The Grave of Richard III
Leicester, England, 2012
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Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021
The Wrecks of Erebus and Terror
Arctic Circle, Canada, 2014
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Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021
Homo Naledi
Rising Star Cave, South Africa, 2015
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Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021
Grave of the “Griffin Warrior”
Pylos, Greece, 2015
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(Pasquale Sorrentino)
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