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Prehistoric gourmets are no less modern
Archeology

Prehistoric gourmets are no less modern

From hunting trips 12,000 years ago, prehistoric people proved to be as fabulous as modern people when they knew of flesh and bones and took bone marrow to eat.

December 17, 2018
Mysterious carvings on stone
Archeology

Mysterious carvings on stone

During excavation in Narigua, Coahuila state (Mexico), archaeologists discovered about 8,000 stone carvings, dating back over 6,000 years.

December 17, 2018
Discovered how to portray the
Archeology

Discovered how to portray the

The painting discovered by scientists in this cave shows a view of the sky and the universe of the ancient people.

December 17, 2018
New discovery about the evolution of language
Archeology

New discovery about the evolution of language

The combination of monkey and human traits in the middle ear bone of two extinct ancient genus shows that human ancestors may have begun to evolve the parts that souther…

December 17, 2018
Ancient people cure toothache with beeswax
Archeology

Ancient people cure toothache with beeswax

New research has found beeswax used to cure cracks in the neck 6500 years ago of the ancient people in Slovenia (Italy). This may be one of the very rare examples of ear…

December 17, 2018
Humans know to eat plants from 180,000 years ago
Archeology

Humans know to eat plants from 180,000 years ago

Scientists believe that modern humans began to appear in Africa after genetic changes helped them to adapt to plant foods. This change makes modern humans can leave the…

December 17, 2018
The mysterious Gene made the ancient people talk
Archeology

The mysterious Gene made the ancient people talk

Now, researchers believe that they have explained the missing link in the evolutionary chain: a double gene named SRGAP2, which appears in the gibbon population about 2.…

December 17, 2018
Fire may appear 1 million years ago
Archeology

Fire may appear 1 million years ago

Human ancestors first gathered around the fire 1 million years ago, 300,000 years earlier than the previous theory.

December 17, 2018
The 25,000-year-old painting
Archeology

The 25,000-year-old painting

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences magazine on November 7 published a 25,000-year-old painting of ancient black-spotted white horses.

December 17, 2018