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Hear about a new archeological site that suggests humans arrived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, what a giant fossil could teach us about the fearsome sea dragon, and a massive archeological find in Egypt!

European humans.

• Homo Sapiens May Have Reached Europe 10,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought by Bruce Bower
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/homo-sapiens-humans-europe-migration-earlier-france-rock-shelter
• Modern Human Incursion into Neanderthal Territories 54,000 Years Ago at Mandrin, France by Ludovic Slimak, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj9496
• Apidima Cave Fossils Provide Earliest Evidence of Homo sapiens in Eurasia by Katerina Harvati, et al.
  • https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1376-z

Dragons of the sea.

• Huge Prehistoric 'Sea Dragon' Fossil Discovered in U.K. Reservoir by Rachel Elbaum
  • https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prehistoric-sea-dragon-ichthyosaur-fossil-discovered-uk-reservoir-rcna11565
• Ichthyosaur Fossil Reptile Group by Encyclopedia Britannica
  • https://www.britannica.com/animal/ichthyosaur
• Rutland Sea Dragon: How Remarkable Ichthyosaur Fossil Was Protected by Greig Watson
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59969089
• “The World-Renowned Ichthyosaurus”: A Nineteenth-Century Problematic and Its Representations" by John Glendening
  • https://doi.org/10.12929%2Fjls.02.1.02

Lost city.

• Archaeologists in Egypt Discover 3,000-Year-Old ‘Lost Golden City’ by Livia Gershon
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-3400-year-old-egyptian-city-180977471/
• Renowned Archaeologist Zahi Hawass Announces Discovery of Luxor’s ‘Lost City’ by Mustafa Marie
  • https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/100658/Renowned-archaeologist-Zahi-Hawass-announces-discovery-of-Luxor%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98Lost-City%E2%80%99
• The Rise and Fall of Zahi Hawass by Joshua Hammer
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-zahi-hawass-72874123/
• 'Lost Golden City' Found in Egypt Reveals Lives of Ancient Pharaohs by BBC News
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56686448

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