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Modern Humans Interbred With At Least Five Archaic Human Groups
... the Neandertals and their sister group the Denisovans from Asia -- the others remain unnamed and have only been detected ... in different modern populations. Island Southeast Asia appears to have been a particular hotbed of diversity. A ... of archaic humans. ( anibal /Adobe Stock) Island Southeast Asia was a Crowded Place… "Island Southeast Asia was ...
ancient-origins - 18/07/2019 - 01:50
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40,000-BC Ivory Pendant is the Oldest Eurasian Jewelry, Says Study
A skillfully decorated mammoth ivory pendant found in Stajnia Cave in southern Poland in 2010 has been radiocarbon dated to approximately 40,000 BC, as is detailed in a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The ornate ivory pendant, which was decorated with a curved series of carefully placed puncture marks, it is the oldest example of decorative jewelry ever found in Eurasia.
Nathan Falde - 25/11/2021 - 16:00
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Medieval Black Death Origin Traced to Central Asia
... explorations in an area of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia close to Lake Issyk Kul. Based on discoveries from digs ... Foreign Lands The linking of the Black Death to Central Asia raises the question of where exactly the plague ... points to an origin of Black Death’s ancestor in Central Asia.” The Tian Shan mountains include ranges that sit on ...
Nathan Falde - 15/06/2022 - 17:22
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Pleistocene Fossil DNA Suggests Native Americans’ East Asian Roots
... stratification in the ancient southern populations of East Asia and Southeast Asia, and some degree of south-versus-north divergency during ... New World. The surviving decedents are now found in East Asia, the Indo-China peninsula, and the Southeast Asian ...
Sahir - 15/07/2022 - 18:54
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Did Hominids in Asia Use Advanced Tools Much Earlier than Thought?
... Did our hominid ancestors use sophisticated tools in East Asia 300,000 years earlier than thought? A new find in China ... Did our hominid ancestors use sophisticated tools in East Asia 300,000 years earlier than thought? One of the best ways ... 2 tools were previously thought to have arrived in East Asia some 0.8 million years ago. But this new discovery ...
Joe Green - 09/03/2024 - 16:51
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Five Most Influential Monarchies in Ancient Asia (Video)
The ancient monarchies of Asia left an indelible mark on history, shaping economies, ... these, the Han Dynasty The ancient monarchies of Asia left an indelible mark on history, shaping economies, ... 10 Formidable Monarchs Who Ruled Vast Empires in Ancient Asia The great and powerful Xiongnu In Central Asia, the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 10/03/2024 - 20:01
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Elite Companions, Flute Girls and Child Slaves: Sex Work in Ancient Athens
Marguerite Johnson / The Conversation
In this sexual histories series, authors explore changing sexual mores from antiquity to today.
ancient-origins - 07/07/2018 - 01:43
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New Studies Clash with Previous Analyses On the Life and Fate of Neanderthals
Two new studies have emerged in the past week claiming to provide more details than ever about the Neanderthal’s genetic contribution to the modern population plus a new theory on how it eventually lost out to modern humans.
Theodoros Karasavvas - 09/08/2017 - 13:58
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Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane
... tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and ... to have been Arabs. In fact, they were from Central Asia--drawn from the Persianate and Turkic peoples of a ... recounts how, between the years 800 and 1200, Central Asia led the world in trade and economic development, the ...
ancient-origins - 25/11/2016 - 04:28
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Oldest Wooden Framed Saddle Reveals Secrets of Equestrian Military Technology
... AD - the oldest known true wooden frame saddle in East Asia! The painted saddle had been previously looted from a ... horses commenced around 2000 BC in Western and Central Asia by the nomadic steppe populaces of the region. The ... team of archaeologists from institutions across Asia, Europe, and North America studied a saddle discovered ...
Sahir - 12/12/2023 - 17:54
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A King’s Seal? Was Pharaoh Apophis Originally King of the Mythical Kushites?
... were two Kush empires, one in Africa and the other in Asia. Homer alluded to the two Kushite empires when he wrote ... 1 of Geography that there were two Kush empires - one in Asia and another in Africa. In addition to Kush in Nubia and ... in reference to the fact that, although they came from Asia, they were Kushites. This view is supported by the fact ...
Clyde Winters - 18/07/2017 - 14:03
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Genetic studies link indigenous peoples in the Amazon and Australasia
... has disappeared. "We've done a lot of sampling in East Asia and nobody looks like this," said Skoglund. "It's an ...
ancient-origins - 24/07/2015 - 00:23
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Star Gazing at Cheomseongdae - East Asia’s Oldest Observatory
... is the oldest astronomical observatory in East Asia, Cheomseongdae. Cheomseongdae was built during the 7th ... - the oldest astronomical observatory in East Asia. Daereungwon tomb complex, Gyeongju, South Korea. ( ... astronomy. Before Western astronomy was introduced to East Asia in the 1600s by Jesuit missionaries, there were three ...
Caleb Strom - 02/04/2020 - 19:00
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Origin Mystery of Controversial Tarim Basin Mummies Was Solved With DNA
... that this region may be one of the last to be inhabited in Asia. The region acquired international renown in the 1990s ... Russia, or farmers migrating from the deserts of Central Asia, who had strong ties to early farmers from the Iranian ... "They built their cuisine around wheat and dairy from West Asia, millet from East Asia, and medicinal plants like ...
Sahir - 28/10/2021 - 19:04
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The Sky, the Sun & the King: Mischievous and Divine Monkeys in Asian Myth
... important literary and oral texts of South and Southeast Asia. Every autumn, Lord Rama's victory over the demon king ... important literary and oral texts of South and Southeast Asia. Every autumn, Lord Rama's victory over the demon king ... Public Domain ) The original Ramayana arrived to Southeast Asia from India along with Hinduism, but its retelling there ...
MartiniF - 12/01/2017 - 02:13
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10 Formidable Monarchs Who Ruled Vast Empires in Ancient Asia
... civilizations originated on the current continent of Asia. At the dawn of civilization, places like Mesopotamia ... the succeeding centuries. In fact, the kingdoms of Ancient Asia gave rise to some of the most dynamic kings of ... Jaina philosophy. Thus, he lived during the time of Asia's two most important religious teachers. King Bimbisara ...
Saurav Ranjan Datta - 21/03/2023 - 21:58
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East-West Migration to Siberia Found in 7,500-Year-Old DNA
... the Bering Sea land bridge that connected Siberia (North Asia) and North America during the last Ice Age, between ... the Bering Sea land bridge that connected Siberia (North Asia) and North America during the last Ice Age, between ... contemporaneous and subsequent populations across North Asia, showing how great the mobility of those foraging ...
Nathan Falde - 17/01/2023 - 13:51
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The Teeth Have It: Tracing the Denisovan Legacy Around the World
... although most likely it was in an island in southeast Asia somewhere. Thus it is becoming clear that islands of southeast Asia, which once formed part of a much larger landmass named ... into central, eastern, southern, and southwestern Asia, leaving western Eurasia to their sister group, the ...
Andrew Collins - 25/07/2019 - 22:56
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Uluburun Shipwreck: New Study Traces the Tin that Forged Empires
... pastoralists from present-day Uzbekistan in Central Asia, revealing important facets about the social and ... Tajikistan. There were also murmurs that suggested Central Asia, but conclusive evidence was not forthcoming. ... thought tin came from some exotic place in Central Asia, but the source was never specified,” said K. Aslihan ...
Sahir - 05/12/2022 - 13:52
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Rome's Sacred Flame: The new Roman epic from the bestselling author of Arminius (Vespasian Book 8)
Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been made Governor of Africa. Nero, Rome's increasingly unpredictable Emperor, orders him to journey with his most trusted men to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 500 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. Vespasian arrives at the city to negotiate their emancipation, hoping to return to Rome a hero and find himself back in favour with Nero.
ancient-origins - 31/05/2018 - 22:19