* Astronomy

Researchers conducting excavations in Yesilova Höyük, the oldest known area of human settlement in Izmir, have announced the discovery of fingerprints belonging to former residents of the area that are more than eight millennia old.

"We have discovered fingerprints that go back 8,500 years. Those fingerprints are thought to belong to children and women" - Zafer Derin, the scholar leading the excavation.

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