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5,000-Year-Old DNA from Skeletons Found in Serbia is Solving Genetic Mysteries
... reveal the mystery of genetic changes that occurred across Europe over 5,000 years ago, and how they related to the ... of the millennium in the 4th-3rd centuries BC, mainland Europe saw an influx of nomadic cultures from the southern ... who significantly altered the genetic pool and changed Europe’s cultural situation. These populations reached as ...
Sahir - 28/02/2022 - 22:00
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Nearly 11,000-Year-Old Megastructure Is Oldest Ever Found in Europe
... known megastructure built by humans has been found in Europe in the form of a Stone Age wall, almost an entire ... known megastructure built by humans has been found in Europe in the form of a Stone Age wall, almost an entire ... During this period, a significant portion of Northern Europe was inundated by rising sea levels. Approximately ...
Sahir - 13/02/2024 - 16:23
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The Golden Horde and the Mongol Mission to Conquer Europe
... went to Batu, Jochi’s son. Batu’s assignment: Conquer Europe. Batu and his descendants did in fact succeed in their ... Mongol Capital Ogedei Khan: Only His Death Could Save Europe from the Mongols Climate Change and Looters Threaten ... Eventually the Golden Horde conquered parts of Northern Europe, including Poland, Lithuania and Hungary. Berke also ...
Mark Miller - 19/10/2018 - 14:02
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New Evidence Reveals Ice Age Hunters Didn’t Migrate South In Winter
Winter in Ice Age Europe was not for the faint-hearted. There has been a ... experts as to whether humans migrated out of Northern Europe during the savage winters Winter in Ice Age Europe was not for the faint-hearted. There has been a ...
Ed Whelan - 10/09/2020 - 01:01
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The Battle of Tours - A Decisive Fight for Europe’s Future
... fierce and destructive conflict, that shaped the future of Europe and echoed through time, was a great gamble, fought ... all odds. But it remains as one of the biggest lessons of Europe’s past, and today we are going in detail about that ... conquering the lands of North Africa, they saw mainland Europe as the next prey for their conquests. From the shores ...
Aleksa Vučković - 04/04/2020 - 23:23
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Latvia’s Enigmatic Virtaka Cliff and Mysterious Gauja River Petroglyphs
... In the Baltic, Pomeranian, and Scandinavian regions of Europe, petroglyphs have been utilized for various purposes ... In the Baltic, Pomeranian, and Scandinavian regions of Europe, petroglyphs have been utilized for various purposes ... and even Iron Age, petroglyphs became a unique heritage of Europe. Today we will examine one of the most intricate and ...
Aleksa Vučković - 26/12/2020 - 13:51
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Did a Welsh Prince Reach the New World Before Columbus?
... civilizations with technological sophistication rivaling Europe itself. European scholars knew little about Native ...
Caleb Strom - 18/04/2017 - 18:55
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Cave discoveries shed new light on Native and European religious encounters in the Americas
... The island of Mona, on a key Atlantic route from Europe to the Americas, was at the heart of sixteenth-century ...
ancient-origins - 21/07/2016 - 14:47
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8 Ancient Cultures Practicing Cannibalism Through the Ages
... ancient Greece, it found renewed popularity in medieval Europe during and after the plague. It was being sold across Europe by pharmacists as late as 1884. Of course, neither ... Missionaries sent tales of cannibalism back to Europe, but the stories were long believed to have been ...
Robbie Mitchell - 05/01/2024 - 14:13
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Bronze Age Thracian Stork may be Oldest Children's Toy in Europe
... have described as “the oldest children’s toy in Europe”. The supposed toy consists of a moveable stork’s ... age found so far, and the oldest known children’s toy in Europe,” reports Archaeology in Bulgaria. The construction ... in Bulgaria have hailed the stork as the oldest toy in Europe, not everyone is convinced. Archaeologists Nikolay ...
aprilholloway - 10/05/2015 - 19:37
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No Gossiping, Gluttony, Lying, or Eavesdropping! European Metal Masks Would Shame You into Good Behavior
... were a type of embarrassing punishment device used in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. As its name ... ) The use of this device later spread to other parts of Europe, most notably, perhaps, Germany, where they were known ... another instrument of punishment for scolds, in both Europe and the New World, was the ducking stool, where the ...
dhwty - 28/01/2017 - 13:54
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Humans A Major Factor In the Extinction of Giant Cave Bears
Until 25,000 years ago, Europe was home to some of the largest mammals, that ever ... was the gigantic cave bear. Until 25,000 years ago, Europe was home to some of the largest mammals, that ever ... and disappeared because of the arrival of modern humans in Europe and not because of an Ice Age . Cave bears (Ursus ...
Ed Whelan - 16/08/2019 - 05:13
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Where are Ashkenazi Jews from? Their Origins May Surprise You
... of the matrilineal line for the Ashkenazi Jews comes from Europe. This goes against the common belief that Jewish people first arrived in central Europe after the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 and ... communities centuries later in Central and Eastern Europe. One of the things they are recognized for is the use ...
Joanna Gillan - 02/12/2020 - 21:28
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5 Lone Standing Stones of Europe – Our Old Menhir Warriors
... which is typical for the Unetice and Beaker cultures of Europe. This all suggests that the Punchestown Longstone was ... of standing stones are concentrated in North and West Europe and on the British Isles . But as you move eastwards, there are still remnants of Europe’s oldest history to be seen in lonesome fields and ...
Aleksa Vučković - 31/05/2020 - 14:06
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New Evidence Questions the Time and Place of Neanderthal Extinction
... the case and that they were replaced by modern humans in Europe much earlier than previously believed. The Last ... of Neanderthals in an area from Central Asia to Western Europe. Homo Sapiens are believed to have outcompeted the ... change - leading to the Neanderthal disappearance from Europe. ‘Primitive man.’ ( Kovalenko I /Adobe Stock) ...
Ed Whelan - 22/01/2019 - 19:00
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Tooth Fairy Tales: The Strange Origins of the Dental Sprite
... for all of eternity in search of them. In other parts of Europe, children were encouraged to offer their teeth to ... as animals instead of to a fairy. There are legends in Europe, however, that do more closely resemble the tooth ...
Caleb Strom - 10/08/2018 - 22:53
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The Venus Figurines of the European Paleolithic Era
... women made during the Paleolithic Period, mostly found in Europe, but with finds as far as Siberia. To date, more than ... in burials. Considering they were found all throughout Europe, and were sometimes separated by thousands of years, ... of women. At the time the statuettes were made, Europe was in the grip of a severe ice age and it is unlikely ...
aprilholloway - 11/04/2014 - 13:59
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Omen of Odin: The Wild Hunt Thundered Across European Skies, Bringing Calamity and Doom
... "eye witness accounts" in the British Isles and Northern Europe, two cultures who very strongly value the tales of ...
Riley Winters - 12/09/2017 - 13:59
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Ancient Cave Art Reveals Origin of Mysterious Bison Hybrid
... that it was already recorded on the walls of caves across Europe, such as in Niaux Cave in southwestern France 17,000 ... important finishing touch applied by human hunters . In Europe, however, our early studies of ancient bison DNA were ... although this was the only species thought to have been in Europe before 10,000 years ago. Instead, we realised we were ...
ancient-origins - 19/10/2016 - 14:40
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Aurignacians: The First Artistic Culture?
... in the creation of art is from nearly 40,000 years ago in Europe and Southeast Asia. Referred to as the Aurignacians, ... out of Africa and establishing themselves throughout Europe, the Aurignacians went through three stages: Early ... are believed to have migrated from Eastern Africa into Europe during the Paleolithic period. This would have been ...
Lex Leigh - 22/05/2022 - 18:58