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A Toast to History: 500 Years of Wine-Drinking Cups Mark Social Shifts in Ancient Greece
January 3, 2011 — New research examines a timeline of wine-drinking cups over a 500-year period in ancient Athens. Changes in cup form and design point to political, social and economic ... > full story -
Was Israel the Birthplace of Modern Humans?
December 30, 2010 — Archaeologists have discovered evidence that places Homo sapiens in Israel as early as 400,000 years ago -- the earliest evidence for the existence of modern humans anywhere in the ... > full story -
Neandertals’ Extinction Not Caused by Deficient Diets, Tooth Analysis Shows
December 30, 2010 — Researchers have discovered evidence to debunk the theory that Neandertals' disappearance was caused in part by a deficient diet -- one that lacked variety and was overly reliant on meat. After ... > full story -
Fossil Finger Bone Yields Genome of a Previously Unknown Human Relative
December 22, 2010 — A 30,000-year-old finger bone found in a cave in southern Siberia came from a young girl who belonged to a previously unknown group of human relatives who may have lived throughout much of Asia. ... > full story -
Rodents Were Diverse and Abundant in Prehistoric Africa When Our Human Ancestors Evolved
December 21, 2010 — Rodents have been one of the most common mammals in Africa for 50 million years. From deserts to rainforests, they flourished in prehistoric Africa, making them a plentiful food source. Now ... > full story -
Lost Civilization Under Persian Gulf?
December 8, 2010 — A once fertile landmass now submerged beneath the Persian Gulf may have been home to some of the earliest human populations outside Africa, according to a new ... > full story -
Warring Greeks Found Peace in Ancient Egypt: Researcher Uncovers Origins of Greek Trade City in Egypt's Nile Delta Region
December 6, 2010 — Naukrtis, a Greek trade city in Egypt's Nile Delta region, has long fascinated archaeologists and historians. Now, archaeologists have found that instead of settling in Naukrtis of their own free ... > full story -
Farmers Slowed Down by Hunter-Gatherers: Our Ancestors' Fight for Space
December 3, 2010 — Farmers from the Near East spread throughout Europe around 7,000 years ago, but the hunter-gatherers of the north slowed their advance for around 15 centuries. Now, researchers have developed a ... > full story -
Discovering the Secrets of Stonehenge
November 30, 2010 — A revolutionary new idea on the movement of big monument stones like those at Stonehenge has been put forward by an archaeology student. He discovered that many of the late Neolithic stone balls had ... > full story -
Oldest Salt Mine Known to Date Located in Azerbaijan
November 25, 2010 — Archeologists have recently shown that the Duzdagi salt deposits, situated in the Araxes Valley in Azerbaijan, were already being exploited from the second half of the 5th millennium BC. This is the ... > full story -
Modern Humans Mature More Slowly Than Neanderthals Did, Analysis of Teeth Suggests
November 15, 2010 — A sophisticated new examination of teeth from 11 Neanderthal and early human fossils shows that modern humans are slower than our ancestors to reach full maturity. The finding suggests that our ... > full story -
Multiple Fathers Prevalent in Amazonian Cultures, Study Finds
November 10, 2010 — In modern culture, it is not considered socially acceptable for married people to have extramarital sexual partners. However, in some Amazonian cultures, extramarital sexual affairs were common, and ... > full story
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