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Prehistoric Europeans like to eat spicy
Archeology

Prehistoric Europeans like to eat spicy

Civilization of prehistoric Nordic people loves spicy food. They use garlic, mustard as a spice in dishes thousands of years ago.

December 17, 2018
Detecting mysterious traces of gibbons
Archeology

Detecting mysterious traces of gibbons

Studying the genome of the remains found in the famous Denisov cave today, scientists have determined a 17% coincidence with the Neanderthal gene, another 4% of the homi…

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
Humanity comes from the mountain forests?
Archeology

Humanity comes from the mountain forests?

The nearest ancestor of a human lineage may have lived through the day by eating leaves, berries and bark of mountain forests instead of a grass-based menu as other exti…

December 17, 2018
The miserable diet of human ancestors
Archeology

The miserable diet of human ancestors

The new study suggests that human ancestors 2 million years ago had an extremely miserable diet, primarily chewing bark and leaves to survive the day. The results of Aus…

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
What did people in stone age eat?
Archeology

What did people in stone age eat?

Evidence from the vessels found around the Baltic Sea region in northern Europe shows that farmers in the early stages of the Neolithic period continued to process foods…

December 17, 2018