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    Early man's food choices discovered through prehistoric pot residue
    Joseph Shavit
    • Mar 22

    Early man's food choices discovered through prehistoric pot residue

    To reconstruct the cookery of people who lived thousands of years ago, bones and plant remains can tell us which ingredients were available
    Experts name new species of human ancestor
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 31, 2021

    Experts name new species of human ancestor

    This species lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene, around half a million years ago, and was the direct ancestor of modern humans.
    Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study
    Joseph Shavit
    • Oct 23, 2021

    Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study

    For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago - scientists finally proved why
    Earliest bone tools to produce clothing found in Morocco -- 120,000 years old
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 17, 2021

    Earliest bone tools to produce clothing found in Morocco -- 120,000 years old

    The study provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.
    New discovery reveals what may be first example of art in the world
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 16, 2021

    New discovery reveals what may be first example of art in the world

    An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered in Tibet.
    DNA analysis shows prehistoric humans mated with their cousins far less than modern man
    Joseph Shavit
    • Sep 15, 2021

    DNA analysis shows prehistoric humans mated with their cousins far less than modern man

    Today, more than 10 percent of all global marriages occur among first or second cousins. Ancient humans rarely chose their cousins as mates.

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