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Earliest Archaeological Evidence of Human Ancestors Hunting and Scavenging
May 10, 2013 — A recent research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa. Beginning around two million years ago, early stone tool-making ... > full story -
Elephant's Tomb in Carmona May Have Been a Temple to the God Mithras
May 10, 2013 — The so-called Elephant's Tomb in the Roman necropolis of Carmona (Seville, Spain) was not always used for burials. The original structure of the building and a window through which the sun shines ... > full story -
Justinianic Plague Was Caused by Bacterium Yersinia Pestis, DNA of Skeletal Remains Shows
May 10, 2013 — Ancient DNA analyses of skeletal remains of plague victims from the 6th century AD provide information about the phylogeny and the place of origin of this ... > full story -
Cannibal Tadpoles Key to Understanding Digestive Evolution
May 8, 2013 — A carnivorous, cannibalistic tadpole may play a role in understanding the evolution and development of digestive organs, according to new ... > full story -
Genes Show One Big European Family
May 7, 2013 — From Ireland to the Balkans, Europeans are basically one big family, closely related to one another for the past thousand years, according to a new study of the DNA of people from across the ... > full story -
Ice Age Ancestors Might Have Used Words in Common With Us
May 7, 2013 — New research shows that Ice Age people living in Europe 15,000 years ago might have used forms of some common words including I, you, we, man and bark, that in some cases could still be recognized ... > full story -
King Richard III Archaeological Unit Discovers Roman Cemetery Under Car Park
May 3, 2013 — The University of Leicester archaeological unit that discovered King Richard III has spearheaded another dig and discovered a 1,700-old- Roman cemetery -- under another car park in ... > full story -
Is the Humble Fig More Than Just a Fruit?
May 2, 2013 — Figs and fig trees are familiar to a wide cross-section of human society, both as a common food and for their spiritual importance. What is less well understood is the global nature of this ... > full story -
Startling Survival Story at Historic Jamestown: Physical Evidence of Survival Cannibalism
May 1, 2013 — A forensic analysis of 17th-century human remains proves that survival cannibalism took place in historic Jamestown, Virginia. The findings answer a long-standing question among historians about the ... > full story -
Fossil of Great Ape Sheds Light on Evolution
May 1, 2013 — An integrative anatomy expert says the shape of an 11.8-million-year-old specimen's pelvis indicates that it lived near the beginning of the great ape evolution, after the lesser apes had started to ... > full story
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