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    Prehistoric “Swiss Army knife” shows how early humans communicated
    Joseph Shavit
    • Jun 12

    Prehistoric “Swiss Army knife” shows how early humans communicated

    In a world first, researchers have revealed that early humans across southern Africa made a particular type of stone tool in the same shape.
    Prehistoric marine giants found 2,800 meters above sea level
    Joseph Shavit
    • Apr 30

    Prehistoric marine giants found 2,800 meters above sea level

    The first ichthyosaurs swam through the primordial oceans in the early Triassic period about 250 million years ago and weighed 80 tons.
    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
    On ancient Earth, it never rained but it poured
    Joseph Shavit
    • Nov 4, 2021

    On ancient Earth, it never rained but it poured

    Earth may have experienced cycles of dryness followed by massive rain storms hundreds of miles wide that could dump feet of rain per hour.
    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.
    New discovery into how early dinosaurs lived 193 million years ago
    Joshua Shavit
    • Oct 27, 2021

    New discovery into how early dinosaurs lived 193 million years ago

    A new study shows that 193 million years ago, dinosaurs lived in herds -- much earlier than previously thought.
    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.
    Massive new animal species discovered in half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale
    Joshua Shavit
    • Sep 14, 2021

    Massive new animal species discovered in half-billion-year-old Burgess Shale

    Titanokorys was a giant compared to most animals that lived in the seas at that time, most of which barely reached the size of a finger.

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