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Surgeons performed a successful amputation 31,000 years ago in Borneo

Surgeons performed a successful amputation 31,000 years ago in Borneo

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Enlarge / Artist's impression of Tebo 1 in life. Jose Garcia (Garciartist) and Griffith University. Archaeologists recently unearthed the remains of a young adult buried 31,000 years ago in a cave called Liang Tebo. Surprisingly, the person’s left leg ended a few inches above the ankle, with clean diagonal cuts severing the ends of the…
Monkeys in Indonesia use stones as sex toys, study suggests, in new example of creative tool use in animals

Monkeys in Indonesia use stones as sex toys, study suggests, in...

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A new study suggests long-tailed macaques in Indonesia engage in tool-assisted masturbation. Researchers observed the monkeys tapping and rubbing stones against their genitals. Tool use is well documented in animals, though typically for survival purposes like eating. Loading Something is loading. Tool use in animals is well documented, but researchers recently discovered some monkeys in…
I work remotely in southeast Asia for a month every year. I’m often up past 2 a.m — but it’s worth it to be in a tropical paradise.

I work remotely in southeast Asia for a month every year....

Sergi Benet is the cofounder of Balio, a financial-education platform. He spends just over a month each year working from an exotic location with his partner. This is how they work remotely from another continent, as told to journalist David Vázquez. Loading Something is loading. This is an edited, translated version of an as-told-to essay…
9,000 fliers may have had reused swabs jammed up their noses in Indonesia

9,000 fliers may have had reused swabs jammed up their noses...

Enlarge / BANGKA BELITUNG ISLANDS, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 21, 2020: Health workers carry out a rapid antigen test on a passenger at Deapti Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang City. Covid-19 Coverage View more stories Since last December, more than 9,000 airline passengers who took a coronavirus rapid test as they flew out of Kualanamu International Airport…
Indonesia Excludes Older People From First Round Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Indonesia Excludes Older People From First Round Of COVID-19 Vaccine

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Indonesia's COVID-19 vaccine strategy focuses on inoculating young people and those of working age first. The most vulnerable group — older people — have to wait for the second round of vaccinations.
The last days of Homo erectus

The last days of Homo erectus

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Skulls from central Java may come from the last surviving population of Homo erectus, suggests a new study dating the fossil bed and the surrounding landscape. The population's death roughly coincides with dramatic changes in the environment, which may have caused the species' extinction long before the first Homo sapiens reached Southeast Asia. The “last…
A 43,900-year-old cave painting is the oldest story ever recorded

A 43,900-year-old cave painting is the oldest story ever recorded

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At this very moment, you're a participant in one of the things that makes us human: the telling and consumption of stories. It's impossible to say when our species began telling each other stories—or when we first evolved the ability to use language to communicate not only simple, practical concepts but to share vivid accounts…
Indonesia fires turn sky a terrible blood red

Indonesia fires turn sky a terrible blood red

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The photos and videos look like something out of science fiction. Social media users in parts of Indonesia shared images of disturbingly blood-red skies over the weekend, and the BBC reports widespread fires in the country caused the unnerving views. "This is Earth, not planet Mars," said one Twitter user sharing a video. Thousands of acres…
Indonesia is investing $33 billion to move its capital from a sinking city to an island where forests have actually been burning

Indonesia is investing $33 billion to move its capital from a...

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Indonesia is in a race against sea-level rise, which threatens to submerge swaths of its capital city, Jakarta, by 2050. For more than a decade, a steady stream of floods has devastated homes, vehicles, and businesses, particularly in the city's poorer neighborhoods. Some of those floods have been deadly. In 2007, a flood killed around…
Tsunami Presumably Triggered By Anak Krakatau Strikes Indonesia. Here is What You Want To Know

Tsunami Presumably Triggered By Anak Krakatau Strikes Indonesia. Here is What...

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Fishing boat in the Sunda Strait at dusk with the ash-spewing Anak Krakatau as backdrop; date unknown. (Getty Images)Getty A tsunami struck Indonesia’s Sunda Strait, the expanse between the islands of Java and Sumatra, on the night of December 22, local time. According to initial news reports, it appears that an underwater landslide was triggered by volcanic activity…

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