Prehistoric baby bottles found in Bronze and Iron Age sites in Germany
25 September 2019
Archaeologists have found traces of animal and human milk in 2500 to 3200-year-old spouted pottery drinking vessels, suggesting they were used to feed babies
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The story of how humans got to the Americas isn’t a simple one
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AI is learning to diagnose schizophrenia from a smartphone video
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Google claims it has finally reached quantum supremacy
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