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As the 2026 World Cup lit up the U.S., record TV numbers and packed venues were complemented by off-field moments—Algerian fans in Kansas City, Norway’s Viking Row, the ranch-dressing craze, the Scottish Tartan Army in Boston and Miami, and a Texas lemonade stand drawing visitors from around the globe—showing the tournament as a vibrant, cross-cultural celebration beyond the matches.
A Turkish cave dig at Üçağızlı II shows Neanderthals (from ~77,000 years ago) and early modern humans (from ~59,000 years ago) occupied the site and maintained similar stone tools, hunting practices, and ornamental shells like Columbella rustica for as long as 20,000 years, suggesting regular cultural exchange in the Levant, even though remains weren’t found in the same sediment layer; dating was done via optically stimulated luminescence and the findings were published in PNAS.