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Dead Guts Spill History of Extinct Microbes: Fecal Samples from Archeological Sites Reveal Evolution of Human Gut Microbes
December 12, 2012 — Extinct microbes in fecal samples from archaeological sites across the world resemble those found in present-day rural African communities more than they resemble the microbes found in the gut of ... > full story -
Chemical Analysis Reveals First Cheese-Making in Northern Europe 7,000 Years Ago
December 12, 2012 — Archeologists have the first unequivocal evidence that humans in prehistoric Northern Europe made cheese more than 7,000 years ... > full story -
Roman Settlement and Possible Prehistoric Site Uncovered in Northern Italy
December 11, 2012 — Using archaeological expertise and modern technology, archeologists recently discovered a Roman settlement and possible prehistoric site in northern ... > full story -
Mining Ancient Ores for Clues to Early Life
December 10, 2012 — An analysis of sulfide ore deposits from one of the world's richest base-metal mines confirms oxygen levels were extremely low on Earth 2.7 billion years ago, but also shows that microbes were ... > full story -
First Harbor of Ancient Rome Rediscovered
December 10, 2012 — Archaeologists had unearthed the great ancient monuments of Ostia, but the location of the harbor which supplied Rome with wheat remained to be discovered. Thanks to sedimentary cores, this "lost" ... > full story -
Genome of the Black Death Reveals Evidence for an Antique Bubonic Plague Pandemic
November 29, 2012 — Researchers have compared medieval and modern plague pathogens. In a comparison of more than 300 contemporary strains of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, with ancient ... > full story -
Archaeologists Discover Shipwrecks, Ancient Harbor on Coast of Israel
November 28, 2012 — Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a fleet of early-19th century ships and ancient harbor structures from the Hellenistic period at the city of Akko, one of the major ancient ports of the ... > full story -
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Today's Domestic Turkeys Are Genetically Distinct from Wild Ancestors
November 19, 2012 — No Thanksgiving dinner is complete without a succulent roasted turkey. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that consumers cook and eat more than 45 million turkeys every Thanksgiving. Very ... > full story -
Archaeologists Identify Oldest Spear Points: Used in Hunting Half-Million Years Ago
November 15, 2012 — A collaborative study found that human ancestors were making stone-tipped weapons 500,000 years ago at the South African archaeological site of Kathu Pan 1 -- 200,000 years earlier than previously ... > full storyMore: -
Science of the Search for Richard III
November 15, 2012 — The complexity of tests being performed on Grey Friars skeleton mean answers will not come ... > full story
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