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Prague museum to host first European display of 3.18 million year old Lucy

The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time in Prague this year, the Czech premier said Tuesday.The ancient remains of...

Visitors listen next to the hyperrealistic artistic reconstruction of the human ancestors in the National Museum of Prague on February 4, 2025 in Prague, to a press conference held by the Czech Prime Minister and Ethiopia's Tourism Minister (both unseen) about bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancester which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display from August 25 in Prague, for the first time ever in Europe. The ancient remains of the Australopithecus afarensis were discovered in Ethiopia in 1974. The find was, at the time, the most complete ever found, and revolutionised the understanding of humanity's ancestors. "Lucy's skeletal remains will be displayed in Europe for the first time ever," Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters as he announced the rare loan by Ethiopia's National Museum. The fragments will be shown at Prague's National Museum as part of a "Human Origins and Fossils" exhibition for two months from August 25.

Grammy winner’s heart ‘beats’ for Salalah

Grammy winner’s heart ‘beats’ for Salalah

Greenland ice sheet cracking open quicker than before, say scientists

FILE PHOTO: Icebergs are seen at the Disko Bay close to Ilulissat, Greenland, September 14, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

Prehistoric 66-million-year-old vomit found in Denmark

Prehistoric 66-million-year-old vomit found in Denmark

Global warming makes French reservoir a winter resort for migrating cranes

Common cranes walk in a field near Lac du Der near Giffaumont-Champaubert on January 31, 2025. Every year, tens of thousands of common cranes spend the winter on Lac du Der, between the Marne and Haute-Marne regions. It's a situation that is reshaping the local ecosystem, sometimes at breakneck speed. While most of the sandhill cranes that pass through France continue on their way to Spain or even Morocco, as they always have, between 20,000 and 30,000 of them spend the winter on the banks of Lac du Der, an artificial reservoir created in the 1970s to regulate the flow of the Seine.

Empowering Omani women through art, yoga, and wellness

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As a Kid, Bill Gates sneaked out his window at night — to write code

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'Kindness' named as children's word of the year in Britain

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6 things we get wrong about sleep

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Psychological Decluttering: Planning for a Purposeful Year Ahead

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Kashmir's saffron growers experiment with indoor farming as climate pressures mount

Kashmiri farmer and saffron producer Ghulam Mohammad Mir and his family pick saffron stigmas from the flowers at his residence in Kashmir's Pampore October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali

On the Right Track to Managing Stray Animals in Oman

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LA’s Getty Center’s art safeguarded as Palisades fire rages

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When They Hear Plants Crying, Moths Make a Decision

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Small Uruguayan town seeks place on international art map

Aerial view of the abandoned train station at the Garzon town during the preparations for CAMPO Artfest in Garzَn, Maldonado, Uruguay, taken on December 26, 2024. CAMPO Artfest 2024 will be taking place in a small town in the Uruguayan countryside on December 28 and explores the broad topic of migration—the physical movement from one region or habitat to another. In its general reference, the theme interrogates issues of home, belonging, community, and identity. (Photo by Santiago MAZZAROVICH / AFP)
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