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Dating Between Modern Humans and Neandertals
October 4, 2012 — To discover why Neandertals are most closely related to people outside Africa, scientists have estimated the date when Neandertals and modern Europeans last shared ancestors. The research provides a ... > full story -
Tomb of Maya Queen K'abel Discovered in Guatemala
October 3, 2012 — Archaeologists in Guatemala have discovered the tomb of Lady K'abel, a seventh-century Maya Holy Snake Lord considered one of the great queens of Classic Maya civilization. The tomb was discovered ... > full story -
Amazonian Tribal Warfare Sheds Light on Modern Violence, Says Anthropologist
October 2, 2012 — In the tribal societies of the Amazon forest, violent conflict accounted for 30 percent of all deaths before contact with Europeans, according to a recent study by anthropologists. Understanding the ... > full story -
La Bastida Unearths 4,200-Year-Old Fortification, Unique in Continental Europe
September 27, 2012 — Archaeological excavations carried out this year at the site of La Bastida (Totana, Murcia) have shed light on an imposing fortification system, unique for its time. The discovery, together with all ... > full story -
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Ancient Buddhist Statue Made of Meteorite, New Study Reveals
September 26, 2012 — An ancient Buddhist statue which was first recovered by a Nazi expedition in 1938 has been analyzed by a team of scientists. The probably 1,000-year-old statue, called the “Iron Man”, ... > full story -
Oldest Ivory Workshop in the World Discovered in Saxony-Anhalt
September 26, 2012 — Excavations at the mammoth hunting site of Breitenbach near Zeitz have uncovered a 35,000-year-old ivory ... > full story -
Khoe-San Peoples Diverged Before 'out-of-Africa' Migration of Modern Humans
September 20, 2012 — The largest genomic study ever conducted among Khoe and San groups reveals that these groups from southern Africa are descendants of the earliest diversification event in the history of all humans -- ... > full story -
Humans Were Already Recycling 13,000 Years Ago, Burnt Artifacts Show
September 20, 2012 — A new study reveals that humans from the Upper Palaeolithic Age recycled their stone artefacts to be put to other uses. The study is based on burnt artifacts found in Tarragona, ... > full story -
Dictionary Completed on Language Used Everyday in Ancient Egypt
September 18, 2012 — A dictionary of thousands of words chronicling the everyday lives of people in ancient Egypt -- including what taxes they paid, what they expected in a marriage and how much work they had to do for ... > full story -
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Comet May Have Exploded Over Canada 12,900 Years Ago After All
September 18, 2012 — New evidence and support for a theory introduced in 2007 suggested a comet may have exploded over Canada 12,900 years ago (the Younger Dryas Boundary), killing off the Clovis people and large animals ... > full story
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