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In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international research team, led from Uppsala University, discovered kin relationships among Stone Age individuals buried in megalithic tombs on Ireland and in Sweden. Continue reading “Megalith tombs were family graves in European Stone Age”
The Researchers María Martinón-Torres and José María Bermúdez de Castro have co-authored a research about the hominids from Tongzi which was published in the Journal of Human Evolution from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana(CENIEH) which reveals that Tongzi teeth do not fit the morphological pattern of traditional Homo erectus and that these teeth could potentially represent the highly targeted “Denisovans”. Continue reading “Tongzi hominids are potentially a new human ancestor in Asia”
Here we shortly present monuments from the Miyun region of Beijing, China. Continue reading “China – Beijing – Miyun”
Here we shortly present monuments from the Chaoyang, Huairou and Yanqing regions of Beijing, China. Continue reading “China – Beijing – Chaoyang, Huairou and Yanqing”
Here we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “The archeological evidence of trepanation in early China“, by Han Kangxin and Chen Xingcan. Continue reading “Successful skull trepanation in Neolithic China”
On the basis of prior research, representatives of the Pitted Ware Culture from the Stone Age have been known as hard-core sealers, or even Inuits of the Baltic Sea. Now, researchers have discovered barley and wheat grains in areas previously inhabited by this culture, leading to the conclusion that the Pitted Ware Culture adopted agriculture on a small scale. Continue reading “A 5,000-year-old barley grain discovered in Finland changes understanding of livelihoods”
