Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by R. E. Taylor, L. A. Payen, C. A. Prior, P. J. Slota. Continue reading “Major Revisions in the Pleistocene Age Assignments for North American Human Skeletons by C-14 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry: None Older Than 11,000 C-14 Years B.P.”
Evolution purged many Neanderthal genes from human genome
Neanderthal genetic material is found in only small amounts in the genomes of modern humans because, after interbreeding, natural selection removed large numbers of weakly deleterious Neanderthal gene variants, according to a study by Ivan Juric and colleagues at the University of California, Davis, published November 8th, 2016 in PLOS Genetics. Continue reading “Evolution purged many Neanderthal genes from human genome”
Human dispersion through southern Europe in Early Pleistocene
Geochronologists from the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have led a study published in the journal Quaternary Geochronology about the chronology of the archaeological site of Gran Dolina, situated in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos), whose results confirm a pulse of human dispersion in southern Europe around one million years ago. Continue reading “Human dispersion through southern Europe in Early Pleistocene”
Fish accounted for surprisingly large part of the Stone Age diet
New research at Lund University in Sweden can now show what Stone Age people actually ate in southern Scandinavia 10 000 years ago. The importance of fish in the diet has proven to be greater than expected. So, if you want to follow a Paleo-diet you should quite simply eat a lot of fish. Continue reading “Fish accounted for surprisingly large part of the Stone Age diet”
First cities in History founded by Greeks– Apollonius of Rhodes
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from the ‘Argonautics’ by Apollonius of Rhodes. Continue reading “First cities in History founded by Greeks– Apollonius of Rhodes”
560,000-year-old milk tooth found in France
The fossil was discovered on Monday (July 2018) evening in the Arago Cave, a vast prehistoric grotto at Tautavel on the French side of the Pyrenees mountains bordering Spain. Continue reading “560,000-year-old milk tooth found in France”
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