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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Tiny crystals in ancient animal dung serve as key evidence in a new analysis suggesting the possibility that hunter-gatherers at Abu Hureyra, Syria,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Georgia have found a 1.8-million-year-old tooth belonging to an early species of human. "The tooth was discovered near the village of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists are investigating a puzzling 7,000-year.old circular structure discovered in Vinoř, an area on the outskirts of Prague, Czech Republic. The purpose of
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - From small coins to tiny pieces of ceramic and even clumps of soil, Seth Bernard and a group of graduate students from the
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 5,000-year-old container, discovered behind a butcher's shop, is being exhibited at Kirkcaldy Galleries having been recently conserved by experts. Conservation has been
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - For 31 years, archaeologists have conducted excavation and restoration works in the ruins of the Ayanis Castle. The castle has a size of
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - During excavations at the ancient site of Troy, a team of archaeologists unearthed the remains of a 3,700-year-old domed oven that clearly show links
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists at the University of Oxford’s School of Archaeology have used satellite imagery to identify and map over 350 monumental hunting structures known
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Famous for the natural beauty and stunning wildlife, the beautiful Isle of Mull in Scotland is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international team of archaeologists study 3,000 years old settlement in Cyprus, one of the most important Bronze Age settlements in the region.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - One of Britain's most impressive ancient Roman ruins is Hadrian's Wall. Also known as the Picts' Wall, the massive structure prevented raiders from
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - We stand in the open fields of Spanish Lookout, a modernized Mennonite farming community in Central Belize, looking at what remains of ancestral
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AncientPages.com - When Columbus landed in 1492, the Americas had been settled for tens of thousands of years. He wasn't the first person to discover the continent. Instead,
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - How frequent was violence in prehistoric human societies? One way to measure this is to look for trauma in prehistoric human remains. For
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Human Beginnings
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The question of what makes modern humans unique has long been a driving force for researchers. Comparisons with our closest relatives, the Neandertals,
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History
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The first European crusaders of the Holy Land were inspired by the fame and fortune awarded to the Norman conquerors in Europe, a
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An extraordinary discovery was made in the city of Jerusalem. A team of archaeologists unearthed an assemblage of ivory plaques from the First
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have uncovered a skeleton of a person who lived 31,000 years ago. According to a new study, the individual is missing its
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A unique document was returned to Israel. The document opens with the words: “To Ishmael send….” Whilst the text does not refer to
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A team of scientists led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered intriguing new insights into the diet of people living in Neolithic
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The Cincinnati Art Museum turned to a scientist at the University of Cincinnati for help solving a mystery 1,300 years in the making.
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Many people living today have a small component of Neanderthal DNA in their genes, suggesting an important role for admixture with archaic human
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Recent discoveries in Bergama (Pergamon), the ancient city in West Anatolia are fascinating. Excavations in the ancient city of Pergamon (Pergamum of Mysia
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AncientPages.com - Neanderthals have served as a reflection of our own humanity since they were first discovered in 1856. What we think we know about them has been shaped
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Using fossilized eggs in up to 2,500-year-old feces from Viking settlements in Denmark and other countries, researchers at the University of Copenhagen's Department
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Neanderthals are the closest relatives to modern humans. Comparisons with them can therefore provide fascinating insights into what makes present-day humans unique, for
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The recent rescue excavation of a 2nd century BCE burial site in the southern Tuscany region of Italy is providing a previously unseen
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It really doesn't matter whether the person is young or older, it's a find of a lifetime. Still, to a youngster who is
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in central Turkey report they have come across traces of permanent settlement dating back at least 9,300 years. "We can say that
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![Microscopy picture of a dividing basal radial glial cell, a progenitor cell type that generates neurons during brain development. Modern human TKTL1, but not Neandertal TKTL1, increases basal radial glia and neuron abundance. Credit: Pinson et al., Science 2022 / MPI-CBG Left: Microscopy picture of a dividing basal radial glial cell, a progenitor cell type that generates neurons during brain development. Modern human TKTL1, but not Neandertal TKTL1, increases basal radial glia and neuron abundance. [less] © Pinson et al., Science 2022 / MPI-CBG; Right: Anneline Pinson is a researcher in Wieland Huttner's group. © MPI-CBG](https://www.ancientpages.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Brain12Neurons-220x162.jpg)
