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良渚文化是中國新石器時代文化之一，出現於約距今5300年前至4000年前，發展於長江下游環太湖地區，共發現500多處遺址，以良渚遺址附近的莫角山為中心區。良渚文化最主要特徵是玉器的使用和隨葬，包括大件的玉琮、玉璧、玉鉞。良渚文化的政治體為酋邦，亦有學者認為已出現國家雛形，能動員大量勞動力，各酋邦間結成聯盟，神權色彩濃厚，建造大型祭祀場所、城牆及防洪土牆，社會成員地位分化，形成貴族和普通平民階層。良渚先民善用石犁耕作，稻米開始成為主要糧食來源，並有原始文字。良渚文化結束於酋邦或國家解體，農業衰落，玉器失傳，繼後的馬橋文化倒退回自給自足、狩獵與採摘的經濟狀態，回復比較分散的部落社會。

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The Bonn–Oberkassel dog was a Late Paleolithic (c. 12,000 BCE) dog whose partial skeletal remains were found buried alongside two humans in Bonn, Germany. Initially identified as a wolf upon its discovery in 1914, its remains were separated and lost within the University of Bonn's collections. These were reunited in the late 1970s, and the animal was re-identified as an early domestic dog and dated to the Late Glacial Interstadial. It likely suffered and survived canine distemper as a puppy, a disease with an almost 100-percent fatality rate in wild dogs and wolves. The puppy's survival likely required intensive care from humans, including food, water, and regular cleaning. This may show a close emotional bond between the humans and the dog, and possibly that it was regarded as a pet – perhaps by the humans it was buried alongside. The dog died aged around 7.5 months for unclear reasons; it may have died from natural causes, or have been sacrificed to be buried alongside the humans. (Full article...)

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George Norman Barnard (December 23, 1819 – February 4, 1902) was an American photographer who was one of the first to use daguerreotype, the first commercially available form of photography, in the United States. A fire in 1853 destroyed the grain elevators in Oswego, New York, an event Barnard photographed. Historians consider these some of the first "news" photographs. Barnard also photographed Abraham Lincoln's 1861 inauguration. Barnard is best known for American Civil War era photos. He was the official army photographer for the Military Division of the Mississippi commanded by Union general William T. Sherman; his 1866 book, Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, showed the devastation of the war. This photograph, by Mathew Brady, shows Barnard c. 1865.