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Dig uncovers human life on Scots isle 3,000 years earlier than thought
20th June 2022 news.stv.tv | Ancient, Humans

Items found during an archaeological dig near Stornoway have revealed people lived there thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

 

Image from: Maximilian Dörrbecker (Chumwa) (Wiki Commons)

Scientists Have Found The Oldest Wildfires on Record, Dating Back 430 Million Years
20th June 2022 | sciencealert.com | Earth, Humans

Scientists have tracked down the oldest wildfires ever detected thanks to 430-million-year-old charcoal deposits from Wales and Poland. They give us valuable insight into what life on Earth was like during the Silurian period.

Ancient skull reveals how all brown bears carry genes of polar cousin
18th June 2022 | independent.co.uk | Ancient, Animal Life

All brown bears today have some polar bear ancestry due to genetic mixing more than 100,000 years ago.

Chinese fossils show human middle ear evolved from fish gills
18th June 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

Embryonic and fossil evidence proves that the human middle ear evolved from the spiracle of fishes. However, the origin of the vertebrate spiracle has long been an unsolved mystery in vertebrate evolution.

Nasa rover sighting reignites fears about human space debris
18th June 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Space

Mars object thought to be piece of thermal blanket from when Perseverance touched down on planet

Ancient Humans Tamed Fire as Early as 1 Million Years Ago, Study Suggests
18th June 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

Mastering fire cleared the way into whole new worlds for early humans – from accessing more nutrients through cooking (fueling an increase in brain size), to making the dark hours useful, and surviving migrations into harsher climates.

Astronomers may have detected a ‘dark’ free-floating black hole
13th June 2022 phys.org | Humans, Space, Weird

A team led by University of California, Berkeley, astronomers has for the first time discovered what may be a free-floating black hole by observing the brightening of a more distant star as its light was distorted by the object’s strong gravitational field—so-called gravitational microlensing.

Ipswich mammoth teeth DNA to be sampled
13th June 2022 | bbc.co.uk | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

Mammoth teeth dating from 200,000 years ago are to be tested in the hope DNA samples can be found to reveal more about the creatures.

Psilocybin-induced mystical experiences linked to lasting positive psychological effects
13th June 2022 | psypost.org | Humans, Misc.

Psilocybin is associated with general long-lasting positive psychological effects in healthy individuals as well. New research published in Frontiers in Pharmacology indeed found that psilocybin-induced psychedelic experiences are associated with long-lasting positive effects.

How psilocybin, the psychedelic in mushrooms, may rewire the brain to ease depression, anxiety and more
12th June 2022 amp.cnn.com | Humans, Misc.

Shrooms, Alice, tweezes, mushies, hongos, pizza toppings, magic mushrooms — everyday lingo for psychedelic mushrooms seems to grow with each generation. Yet leading mycologist Paul Stamets believes it’s time for fans of psilocybin mushrooms to leave such childish slang behind.

Nasa forms independent team to study unexplained UFO sightings
12th June 2022 | theguardian.com | Humans, Space

Nasa is launching a study of UFOs as part of a new push toward high-risk, high-impact science.

Turkish hilltop where civilisation began
12th June 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

On a sun-blasted hillside in southeast Turkey, the world’s oldest known religious sanctuary is slowly giving up its secrets.

Pre-historic Wallacea: A melting pot of human genetic ancestries
10th June 2022 phys.org | Ancient, Earth, Humans

The Wallacean islands have always been separated from Asia and Oceania by deep-sea waters. Yet, these tropical islands were a corridor for modern humans migrating into the Pleistocene Australia-New Guinea landmass (Sahul) and have been home to modern human groups for at least 47,000 years.

An Ultra-Rare Cosmic Object Was Just Detected in The Milky Way, Astronomers Report
10th June 2022 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Space, Weird

A new member of a category of star so rare we can count the known number of them on our fingers and toes has just been discovered in the Milky Way.

Thailand legalises cannabis trade but still bans recreational use
10th June 2022 | bbc.co.uk | Humans, Misc.

People in Thailand can now grow cannabis plants at home and sell the crop after the nation removed marijuana from its banned narcotics list. The nation is the first to advance such a move in South-East Asia, a region known for its stringent drug laws.

Rep Jamie Raskin has compared modern-day America to ancient civilisations that “practiced human sacrifice”
10th June 2022 | independent.co.uk | Ancient, Humans, Misc.

“In the history of our species, a number of civilians have practiced or allowed human sacrifice including the sacrifice of children,” he said.

“The Carthaginians, the Mesopotamians, the Incas, the Aztecs,” he listed.

“Will we be recorded as such as society that accepts the sacrifice of innocence?”

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