Washington Post Researchers who study human morality - and, its intersection with human psychology - have long noted that we are frustratingly inconsistent beings.…
Jeremy
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Discovery News: Elaborate Neanderthal Structure Found
Elaborate Neanderthal Structure Found
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Circular heated structures built by Neanderthals have been discovered deep inside a cave in France and are now among the world's oldest known human-made constructions, a new study has found. The structures, dated to around 176,000 years ago and described in the journal Nature, provide evidence that Neanderthals were clever about using fire, had complex spatial organizational abilities, and explored at least one extensive cave system. They additionally indicate that humans began occupying caves Read the full story
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Discovery News: DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician
DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician
Discovery News
Researchers have sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician, showing the ancient man had European ancestry. This is the first ancient DNA to be obtained from Phoenician remains. Known as "Ariche," the young man came from Byrsa, a walled citadel above the harbor of ancient Carthage. Byrsa was attacked by the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus "Africanus" in the Third Punic War. It was destroyed by Rome in 146 B.C. 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck Discovered Ariche' Read the full story
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Saturday, June 4, 2016
Discovery News: DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician
DNA Captured From 2,500-Year-Old Phoenician
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Researchers have sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of a 2,500-year-old Phoenician, showing the ancient man had European ancestry. This is the first ancient DNA to be obtained from Phoenician remains. Known as "Ariche," the young man came from Byrsa, a walled citadel above the harbor of ancient Carthage. Byrsa was attacked by the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus "Africanus" in the Third Punic War. It was destroyed by Rome in 146 B.C. 2,700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck Discovered Ariche' Read the full story
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