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Toba supereruption may have facilitated dispersal of modern humans out of Africa
21st March 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

A new study published in Nature, suggests that humans also may have dispersed during arid intervals along “blue highways” created by seasonal rivers. Researchers also found evidence of cooking and stone tools that represent the oldest evidence of archery.

‘Astonishing’ Neolithic burial containing a human, cattle and chariot discovered in Germany
21st March 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

The excavation site is located at an industrial park near Magdeburg, the capital of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It includes a pair of 6,000-year-old “monumental mounds” that contain multiple burials, according to a statement from the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt.

7,000-Year-Old Sunken Boats Reveal How Neolithic Seafarers Traversed The Mediterranean
21st March 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

A team of researchers led by archeologist Juan Gibaja of the Spanish National Research Council has described a quintet of canoes dredged up from a Neolithic lakeshore village near Rome, Italy, that reveal the sophisticated boat-building techniques of seafaring communities in the region. The study has been published in PLOS ONE.

2,000-year-old carvings of celestial bodies and animals discovered on rocky cliffs in Brazil
20th March 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Brazilian archaeologists have discovered a vast number of 2,000-year-old rock carvings that depict human footprints, celestial-body-like figures, and representations of animals, such as deer and wild pigs.

Study reveals ‘cozy domesticity’ of prehistoric stilt-house dwellers in England’s ancient marshland
20th March 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

A major report on the remains of a stilt village that was engulfed in flames almost 3,000 years ago reveals in unprecedented detail the daily lives of England’s prehistoric fenlanders.

12,000-Year-Old Preserved Human Brains Defy Soft Tissue Decay Assumptions
20th March 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans, Weird

A new study has cataloged human brains that have been found on the archaeological record around the world and discovered that this remarkable organ resists decomposition far more than we thought – even when the rest of the body’s soft tissues have completely melted away.

Exploring the Murray River Gorge rock art sites
19th March 2024 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Humans

A project to identify and map rock art sites in a long section of the River Murray in South Australia has resulted in an immediate call for greater understanding and protection of the region’s ancient Aboriginal heritage.

Promising results found as scientists probe a major hurdle in psychedelic therapy research
19th March 2024 | psypost.org | Humans, Misc.

A recent study examined the role of patient expectations in influencing the outcomes of treatments with psilocybin, a psychedelic substance, compared to escitalopram, a widely prescribed antidepressant. Contrary to what some might expect, the study did not find a significant link between patients’ expectations and their actual responses to psilocybin therapy.

March equinox is upon us as sun crosses celestial equator
19th March 2024 | theguardian.com | Earth, Humans, Space

This year, the March equinox takes place on 20 March at 03:06 GMT. This means that in certain westward time zones, the equinox will actually fall on 19 March local time.

Dozens of Neolithic burials and ‘sacrificed’ urns and ax discovered in France
19th March 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Archaeologists in France have excavated a Neolithic site containing 63 burials and hundreds of structures and artifacts from a human occupation spanning roughly 4,000 years.

Study Reveals How Ancient Humans Escaped Climate Extinction 900,000 Years Ago
18th March 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

According to the results of a genomics study published last year, modern humanity’s ancestors were reduced to a breeding population of barely 1,300 individuals in a devastating bottleneck that brought us to the very brink of annihilation. Now, a new study has found that a mass migration of humans out of Africa occurred at the same time.

How stem cells might see woolly mammoth de-extinction
18th March 2024 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Animal Life

Sometimes, it takes the smallest thing to undertake a mammoth task. That’s what researchers behind the attempts to de-extinct the woolly mammoth are hoping as they announced what they believe to be a step forward in their efforts.

Psychedelics are about to become a casualty of Oregon’s opioid crisis
18th March 2024 | vox.com | Humans, Misc.

Four years ago, the state decriminalized all drugs. Now it’s trying to course-correct — and might make a mistake in the process.

Psilocybin therapy alters prefrontal and limbic brain circuitry in alcohol use disorder
18th March 2024 | psypost.org | Humans, Misc.

A recent study published in Scientific Reports reveals new insights into how psilocybin-assisted therapy modifies brain function in people with alcohol use disorder (AUD). These changes suggest a potential mechanism behind the therapy’s success and could point toward new avenues for treatment.

Physicist Claims Universe Has No Dark Matter And Is 27 Billion Years Old
18th March 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Earth, Space

Sound waves fossilized in the maps of galaxies across the Universe could be interpreted as signs of a Big Bang that took place 13 billion years earlier than current models suggest. This research was published in The Astrophysical Journal.

Ancient scrolls are being ‘read’ by machine learning—with human knowledge to detect language and make sense of them
15th March 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Humans, Tech

A groundbreaking announcement for the recovery of lost ancient literature was recently made. Using a non-invasive method that harnesses machine learning, an international trio of scholars retrieved 15 columns of ancient Greek text from within a carbonized papyrus from Herculaneum, a seaside Roman town eight kilometers southeast of Naples, Italy.

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