If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact between different groups often drives change.

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The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

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DELPHI, April 11 - Greece is in talks to buy two used 'Bergamini' class frigates from Italy, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said at a conference on Friday, as the NATO member seeks to modernise ...

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