The putative skull of Saint Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden that has been kept in a shrine in Vadstena Abbey is probably not authentic. A new study conducted at Uppsala University reveals that the two skulls, believed to be ...
Archaeology
Feb 16, 2010
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Reduced predictability of seasonal rainfall might have played a significant role in the disintegration of Classic Maya societies about 1,100 years ago. "Decline in seasonal predictability potentially destabilized Classic ...
Archaeology
Apr 7, 2023
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Humans are remarkably adaptable, and our ancestors have survived challenges like the changing climate in the past. Now, research is providing insight into how people who lived over 5,000 years ago managed to adapt.
Archaeology
Mar 23, 2021
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During the transitional period between the Pleistocene epoch (or the Ice Age, from 2.58 million to 11,700 years ago) and the Holocene epoch (from 11,700 years ago until today), the Earth's temperature underwent massive change.
Environment
Apr 17, 2020
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The Iron Age site of Casas del Turuñuelo was used repeatedly for ritualized animal sacrifice, according to a multidisciplinary study published November 22, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Mª Pilar Iborra Eres ...
Archaeology
Nov 22, 2023
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The study of the genomes of our closest relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, has opened up new research paths that can broaden our understanding of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens. A study led by the UB has ...
Evolution
Jul 18, 2022
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DNA has moved beyond esoteric science and into the center of everyday conversations about identity, culture and politics. It's also reshaping stories about the past as advances allow scientists to extract ancient DNA (aDNA) ...
Archaeology
Mar 11, 2019
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From the Middle Bronze Age, Egypt played a crucial role in the appearance of calcite-alabaster artifacts in Israel, and the development of the local gypsum-alabaster industry. The absence of ancient calcite-alabaster quarries ...
Archaeology
May 17, 2022
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Researchers at Sweden's KTH Royal Institute of Technology say they have found further proof that the wolf ancestors of today's domesticated dogs can be traced to southern East Asia -- findings that run counter to theories ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2011
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Certain types of domesticated wheat have complicated origins, with genetic contributions from wild and cultivated wheat populations on opposite sides of the Fertile Crescent. Terence Brown and colleagues at the University ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 22, 2020
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