While adding up your grocery bill in the supermarket, you’re probably not thinking how important or sophisticated our number system is. But the discovery of the present system, by unknown mathematicians…
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Sometimes an historian will challenge one of the key ideological myths of Australian capitalism. Henry Reynolds does it in his work on the colonial treatment of Aborigines, a treatment some go so far as…
The original Neanderthal inhabitants of Europe were overwhelmed by modern humans who arrived from Africa with ten times the…
Soldiers wearing typical armour in medieval conflicts expended huge amounts of energy moving around in the protective suits…
A manuscript expert may have discovered the world’s earliest question mark in an ancient middle eastern language. Cambridge…
Given the often hysterical media coverage of the refugee debate you could be forgiven for thinking that people seeking refuge in other countries is a new phenomenon. Not so. Refugees have been around since…
A fascinating insight into cultural life in the Soviet Union in the 1940s and ‘50s has been uncovered by historians from…
Published biographies, and indeed many histories, are often about the famous, rich or powerful. And most often, they’re about men. I’ve preferred to research and write about so-called “ordinary” men and…
All human cultures and social groups that we know of respond to music and dance. The type of music may vary but the underlying, fundamental principles of making music are the same. Our recognition of…
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