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Earliest Levantine wind instruments found
[ad_1] Newswise — Although the prehistoric site of Eynan-Mallaha in northern Israel has been thoroughly examined since 1955, it still holds some surprises for…
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Earliest Human Kiss Recorded in Mesopotamia 4,500 Years Ago
[ad_1] Newswise — Recent research has hypothesised that the earliest evidence of human lip kissing originated in a very specific geographical location in South…
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Unveiling the secrets of sealed animal coffins in ancient Egypt
[ad_1] Newswise — The contents of six sealed ancient Egyptian animal coffins — which were imaged using a non-invasive technique — are described in…
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Africa: Open Habitats 10M Yrs Older Than Thought – New Studies
[ad_1] Newswise — The story of human evolution has long been a tale of a forested Africa that gradually became drier, giving rise to…
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The untold history of the horse in the American Plains, a new future for the world
[ad_1] Newswise — “Horses have been part of us since long before other cultures came to our lands, and we are a part of…
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The world’s first horse riders
[ad_1] Newswise — The researchers discovered evidence of horse riding by studying the remains of human skeletons found in burial mounds called kurgans, which were…
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Archaeological study of 24 ancient Mexican cities reveals that collective forms of governance, infrastructural investments, and collaboration all help societies last longer
[ad_1] Newswise — Some cities only last a century or two, while others last for a thousand years or more. Often, there aren’t clear…
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Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France
[ad_1] Newswise — If the emergence of mechanically propelled weapons in prehistory is commonly perceived as one of the hallmarks of the advance of…
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2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools
[ad_1] Newswise — Along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human ancestors used some of the…
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Echoes of ancient curse tablets identified in the Book of Revelation
[ad_1] Descriptions and phrases used in the Revelation of John are similar in terminology to those appearing on curse tablets produced in antiquity and…
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Remapping the superhighways travelled by the first Australians reveals a 10,000-year journey through the continent
[ad_1] Newswise — New research has revealed that the process of ‘peopling’ the entire continent of Sahul — the combined mega continent that joined…
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Evolution of wheat spikes since the Neolithic revolution
[ad_1] Newswise — Around 12,000 years ago, the Neolithic revolution radically changed the economy, diet and structure of the first human societies in the…
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New biography of famous palaeontologist Mary Anning unearthed from University of Bristol archives
[ad_1] Newswise — A short biography of pioneering scientist Mary Anning, written in the final ten years of her life, has been made public…
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Study reveals average age at conception for men versus women over past 250,000 years
[ad_1] Newswise — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The length of a specific generation can tell us a lot about the biology and social organization of…
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New study suggests Mayas utilized market-based economics
[ad_1] Newswise — More than 500 years ago in the midwestern Guatemalan highlands, Maya people bought and sold goods with far less oversight from…
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Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age
[ad_1] Newswise — A new study shows that the Bering Land Bridge, the strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska, emerged far…
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Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making far and wide
[ad_1] Newswise — Analysis of more than 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites has shown that pottery-making techniques spread vast distances over a short period…
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Humans continue to evolve with the emergence of new genes
[ad_1] Newswise — Modern humans evolutionarily split from our chimpanzee ancestors nearly 7 million years ago, yet we are continuing to evolve. 155 new…
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SLU Researcher Receives NEH Grant to Create Platform to Share Medieval Interpretations of Culture-Shaping Text
[ad_1] Newswise — ST. LOUIS – Atria Larson, Ph.D., associate professor of Medieval Christianity at Saint Louis University, has been awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement…
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Archaeology: Owl-shaped plaques may have been on Copper Age children’s wish list
[ad_1] Newswise — Ancient owl-shaped slate engraved plaques, dating from around 5,000 years ago in the Iberian Peninsula, may have been created by children…