Studying these will test the hypothesis that modern shells are more efficient than ancient ones, and thus out-competed them.

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However, it is known from the study of modern hunter-gatherers, and inferred from archaeological evidence about ancient ones, that neighbouring tribes are often hostile.

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In fact, when did businesses begin, and what are the significant differences between ancient businesses and modern ones?

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Drilling into rock this month will allow scientists to glimpse processes that held sway in ancient times, hopefully ones where water played key roles.

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Proverbially, the ancient Greeks were great originators, the ones who came up with the brightest new ideas in art and science.

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While the provenance of such new relics is easy to establish--a photo would do--that of ancient relics is more problematic, especially of ones attributed to Jesus.

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Vincenzo wrote a book, startlingly similar in tone and style to the ones his son wrote later, ripping apart ancient Ptolemaic systems of lute tuning, as his son ripped apart Ptolemaic astronomy.

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It's one of the most ancient tools in our arsenal--our ancestors chipped the first ones out of rock more than two million years ago.

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It's a malevolence so ancient there are no new words for it, and so the old ones will have to do.

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