News tagged with ancient nubians
Ancient brew masters tapped drug secrets
(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Nubians shows that they were regularly consuming tetracycline, most likely in their beer.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 31, 2010 |
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Ancient Egyptian cotton unveils secrets of domesticated crop evolution
Scientists studying 1,600-year-old cotton from the banks of the Nile have found what they believe is the first evidence that punctuated evolution has occurred in a major crop group within the relatively short history of plant ...
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Making the bones speak
In a narrow, modest laboratory in Michigan State University’s Giltner Hall, students pore over African skeletons from the Middle Ages in an effort to make the bones speak.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Identity of Pompeii's mystery horse revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The identity of a mysterious breed of "horse" which has baffled experts since its remains were uncovered at Pompeii has been resolved by a Cambridge University researcher – who realised ...
Nov 03, 2010 |
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Ancient DNA identifies donkey ancestors, people who domesticated them
Genetic investigators say the partnership between people and the ancestors of today's donkeys was sealed not by monarchs trying to establish kingdoms, but by mobile, pastoral people who had to recruit animals to help them ...
Jul 28, 2010 |
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DNA of ancient lost barley could help modern crops cope with water stress
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Warwick have recovered significant DNA information from a lost form of ancient barley that triumphed for over 3000 years seeing off: 5 changes in civilisation, ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Jordan's fossil water source has high radiation levels
Ancient groundwater being tapped by Jordan, one of the 10 most water-deprived nations in the world, has been found to contain twenty times the radiation considered safe for drinking water in a new study by an international ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Ancient Egyptian colonialism studied
Canadian scientists say an archaeological cemetery site along the Nile River is shedding new light on ancient Egyptian colonialism administration.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 17, 2006 |
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