In a landmark achievement for paleontology, scientists in China have directly dated a fossilized dinosaur egg for the first time, determining it to be 85.9 million years old. The breakthrough, detailed today
Prehistory is a modern idea. The word was “coined” only in the 1830s. Before the 19th century, we didn’t know much about dinosaurs or cavemen, and fossils remained a scientific curiosity. When
MoreOn October 1, 1949, the leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Mao Zedong (1893–1976) announced the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Three hundred thousand people gathered in
MoreEditor’s Note: Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book, NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, arrives in September 2024. This new work delves into how information flow
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