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Buried on a bed of antlers and adorned with ornaments, this woman was a special member of her community—but why?https://on.natgeo.com/38vocS1 

One continuous population might have survived the fallout from Toba—the largest volcanic blast in the last two million yearshttps://on.natgeo.com/32ZqZSy 

Nothing in the wild goes to waste—not even a footprinthttps://on.natgeo.com/3aF39Om 

Women over the centuries, scholars now understand, have both fought in battle and led whole armieshttps://on.natgeo.com/2wF4BBT 

"Women learn weakness. We can also unlearn it."https://on.natgeo.com/332MBxl 

Women-focused travel companies have existed on the fringes of the tourism industry since the late 1970s—now the niche has hit the mainstreamhttps://on.natgeo.com/3aErCU9 

When reviewing the history of medieval Europe, no woman stands out as much as Eleanor of Aquitainehttps://on.natgeo.com/3aHmw9t 

From desert chroniclers to Arctic explorers, these women explorers made their mark on the worldhttps://on.natgeo.com/38Etwmt 

More than a century ago, the holiday was created by socialist movement leaders impatient for equality for womenhttps://on.natgeo.com/2TAnnDn 

The pictures in this archive are often beautiful, sometimes funny or sad or even shocking—but they are reflective of the prejudices and practices of the timeshttps://on.natgeo.com/38ttQEk 

For four years, Caligula drained Rome’s treasury and mocked the Senate—until those sworn to protect him plotted his deathhttps://on.natgeo.com/39AzPIN 

Groundwater is the hidden scaffold propping up much of modern life. But by 2050, thousands of rivers and streams worldwide could pass a critical ecological thresholdhttps://on.natgeo.com/3cCBgbE 

Stroll along waterfront promenades, journey by train through romantic Alpine countrysides, and soak up the splendor of this historic cityhttps://on.natgeo.com/2vNg5TF 

Winemakers in Europe kept careful records of harvest dates stretching back in some cases to the Middle Ages. Together, they offer a glimpse into how the climate has changed over timehttps://on.natgeo.com/2wGR901 

An earwig's wings expand to 10 times or more their size during flight—and lock without the use of muscleshttps://on.natgeo.com/3azH8k6 

Spring marks many changes: warmer weather, longer days—and for many people in the U.S., the start of daylight saving timehttps://on.natgeo.com/2PWzOY5 

Scientists have spotted cellular structures—and a substance that behaves like DNA—in cartilage more than 70 million years oldhttps://on.natgeo.com/2VUuZ5m