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Today's Equal Pay Day. Women and men still disagree about who has more economic opportunities

Jessica Thompson, 47, said she earned $65,000 a year as a senior sales manager in Rockford, Illinois, while a male colleague with similar credentials had earned $87,000.

Fortune

What men and women think about gender and pay, according to a new AP-NORC poll

A new AP-NORC poll finds that men and women have different views on who has the advantage when it comes to earning competitive wages

The Independent UK

9,500-year-old cremation pyre of a hunter-gatherer woman is the oldest of its kind in the world

Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.

LiveScience

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Mystery woman’s cremation thought to be world’s oldest leaves archaeologists baffled: ‘Why this person?’

‘We don’t know why this particular person was cremated in a meticulously planned event’, researchers say

The Independent UK

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers

Near the equator, the Sun hurries below the horizon in a matter of minutes. Darkness seeps from the surrounding forest. Nearly 10,000 years ago, at the base of a mountain in Africa, people’s shadows stretch up the wall of a natural overhang of stone.

The Conversation

Cremation pyre in Africa thought to be world’s oldest containing adult remains

9,500-year-old pyre uncovered in Malawi offers rare insight into rituals of ancient African hunter-gatherer groups

The Guardian - UK

Experts say White House’s rehoming of student loan program will put borrowers at risk

Trump announced loan program will be moved from Department of Education to Small Business Administration

The Guardian - US

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Stone flakes made by modern monkeys trigger big questions about early humans

Monkeys using stones to crack open nuts generate many stone flakes accidentally that look exactly like the ones archaeologists have long thought early humans made intentionally as tools. Oops.

WEKU

Make it pop! Do we really need the Beatles to sound new?

Classic songs are now remastered to compete with contemporary pop on streaming services. But what do we lose when Yellow Submarine is ‘de-mixed’ for generation playlist?

The Guardian - UK

Schoolgirl who inspired Disney challenges glasses stereotype of nerd-face emoji

Lowri Moore, 13, has launched a campaign urging emoji creators to make a ‘small difference’ that could ‘go a long way’.

The Independent UK

Scotland’s most unique restaurant with rooms offers chance to eat fine dining in 13th century castle

Mingary Castle sits proudly on the Ardnamurchan peninsula – the most westerly point of mainland UK.

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