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LOS ANGELES (AP) — M-I-C-K-E-Y will soon belong to you and me. With several asterisks, qualification and caveats, Mickey Mouse in his earliest form will be the leader of the band of characters, films and books that will become public domain as the year turns to 2024. In a moment many close observers thought might …

Britain’s earliest dinosaur was a nimble omnivore that ran around on two legs, unlike its later relatives brontosaurus and diplodocus, research suggests. Standing at about the height of a 10-year-old child, and 1.5 metres in length with a long thin tail, Thecodontosaurus antiquus roamed the Earth during the Triassic period, more than 205m years ago, …

Image copyright NHM Image caption Some of the lines appear to be abstract in nature, but some may represent faces and even animals Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs found on Jersey are the earliest known art in the British Isles, researchers say. They were made by hunter-gatherers who lived between 23,000 and 14,000 …

Governor David Ige this afternoon announced a delay in the start of the state’s pre-travel testing program to October 1, 2020. This pushes the perviously announced Sept. 1 date to October 1, 2020 at the earliest.  Gov. Ige said he will continue to monitor key markets on the mainland and here in Hawaiʻi. He also joined …

Image copyright UCL Institute of Archaeology Image caption One of the oldest organic tools in the world. A bone hammer used to make the fine flint bifaces from Boxgrove. The bone shows scraping marks used to prepare the bone as well as pitting left behind from its use in making flint tools Archaeologists say they’ve …

Image copyright Ciprian Ardelean Image caption One of the stone artefacts found at the cave Humans settled in the Americas much earlier than previously thought, according to new finds from Mexico. They suggest people were living there 33,000 years ago, twice the widely accepted age for the earliest settlement of the Americas. The results are …

Image copyright Archaeology South-East/UCL Image caption Archaeologists uncovered a rectangular timber structure made up of 144 surviving timbers London’s earliest playhouse may have been discovered at a housing redevelopment in Whitechapel, archaeologists have said. The Red Lion was thought to be the first purpose-built theatre of the Elizabethan era but its location has long been …

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — There’s no evidence that COVID-19 is getting worse in the tri-state region. Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware all continue to see a reduction in cases and are headed into different phases of reopening. The feared increase in cases of COVID-19 related to protests has not happened yet. Health officials say they won’t …

Image copyright Phillip Krzeminski Image caption The bird may have lived on the shoreline A newly discovered fossil bird could be the earliest known ancestor of every chicken on the planet. Living just before the asteroid strike that wiped out giant dinosaurs, the unique fossil, from about 67 million years ago, gives a glimpse into …

Image copyright Sophy Charlton / Dorset County Museum Image caption The evidence comes from dental plaque from Neolithic remains Scientists have discovered the earliest direct evidence of milk consumption by humans. The team identified milk protein entombed in dental plaque on the teeth of prehistoric farmers from Britain. It shows that humans were consuming dairy …