prehistoric
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There’s no shame in it—that’s how bubbles get bubblier and it’s the same instinct that helped your ancestors survive in prehistoric times.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In 1928, the initial discovery of the rock art was dismissed as "red oxide mineral seeping through the rock and not prehistoric art", the Guardian reported at the time.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
That could produce difficulties for the cloned animals and for modern life, including the possible revival of prehistoric pathogens for which humankind has no defense.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Instead of viewing them solely as stone replicas of ancient bones, researchers are beginning to see some fossils as possible molecular time capsules that still preserve traces of prehistoric biology millions of years later.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Some areas that are ecologically very suitable for food production never acquired it in prehistoric times at all, even though areas of prehistoric food production existed nearby.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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World Without Fish
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