prehistoric

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The findings challenge the long-standing belief that prehistoric communities only passed briefly through high-altitude environments.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 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

“This is a TV screen, but right now, no one’s making television for it,” he says, pointing to his phone and referring to the prehistoric era of late 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Southwest for several thousand years after their domestication in Mexico, and Mexican chili peppers and chenopods never did reach it in prehistoric times.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond