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Category: Ancient World
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Health, environment, and society, Has there ever been period human history without, and more.
Health, environment, and society this week: A new review of archaeological and historical evidence challenges the assumption that war is a permanent feature of; and Frances Kellor, a progressive reformer and lesbian activist, spearheaded…
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Science and technology breakthroughs, Scientists figured out how, and more.
Science and technology breakthroughs this week: Researchers at EPFL have demonstrated a high-pulse-energy femtosecond laser on a photonic chip, achieving 1; and A new paper by Sergey Ivliev proposes that the Fermi Paradox may be resolved…
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Ancient discoveries and artifacts, Diminutive species Hobbit’ did, and more.
Ancient discoveries and artifacts unearthed this week: A new taphonomic analysis of Stegodon bones from Liang Bua cave on Flores reveals that Homo floresiensis was a; and A large-scale DNA analysis of 85 Iron Age Scythians, published in…
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Modern issues and historical origins, How United Nations was Born WWII, and more.
Modern issues and historical origins this week: The article outlines the WWII-era diplomatic sequence that produced the United Nations, framing it as a direct; and A Northwestern University study projects that water scarcity in the…
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Archaeological finds from ancient, Third Intermediate Period Egypt, and more.
Archaeological finds from ancient civilizations this week: The Third Intermediate Period (c.
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New discoveries in human evolution, weird result already weird, and more.
New discoveries in human evolution and ancient hominins this week: Proteomic analysis of dental enamel from 20 Homo naledi individuals recovered from South Africa’s Rising Star cave; and Archaeological and genetic evidence increasingly…
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‘It was very very good’: Ötzi the Iceman’s body is covered in ancient yeast — and scientists
Ancient World this week: Researchers have cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeast from Ötzi the Iceman’s skin and internal remains; and A series of red horizontal lines discovered in Bacon Hole, a Welsh cave, have been confirmed as…
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Ancient Religions, Gods & Cultural, Ancient Israelite Judean Religion, and more.
Ancient Religions, Gods & Cultural History this week: Archaeological and textual evidence reveals that ancient Israelite and Judean religion from the 10th to 7th; and A study in Nature Geoscience uses seismic data and sediment analysis to…
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Ancient Cities, Religion &, Ancient Israelite Judean Religion, and more.
Ancient Cities, Religion & Civilization this week: Archaeological and textual evidence confirms that Israelite and Judean religion from the 10th to 7th centuries BCE; and A stone block bearing the cartouche of the 12th Dynasty pharaoh…
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Ancient DNA, Science & Technology in, Ancient Yeasts Identified tzi Iceman, and more.
Ancient DNA, Science & Technology in Archaeology this week: Researchers have identified four species of ancient yeast on the surface of Ötzi the Iceman’s 5,300-year-old; and A genomic study of 118 ancient sheep remains, spanning 12,000…