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Humans were living near West Papua at least 55,000 years ago, study finds
26th August 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

In the deep human past, highly skilled seafarers made daring crossings from Asia to the Pacific Islands. It was a migration of global importance that shaped the distribution of our species — Homo sapiens — across the planet.

Stunning Astronomical Observatory Unearthed in Ancient Egypt
26th August 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

A ruined building in Kafr El Sheikh was where ancient Egyptians once stood, gazing at the stars above.

Earth’s earliest ecosystems of microbes help map out evolution of life
25th August 2024 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Earth

A new paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences focuses on testates to better understand the evolution of ecosystems on Earth and predict what the planet may look like in the future.

This Epic Monument From 6,000 Years Ago Is a Feat of Stone Age Engineering
25th August 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

A new study has found that the Neolithic humans who built Menga were highly skilled, highly knowledgeable, and adept at solving complex engineering problems. The research has been published in Science Advances.

Catastrophic giant underwater avalanche hit 60,000 years ago
23rd August 2024 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Earth

Scientists have mapped the path of an ancient underwater avalanche which travelled 2,000km across the seafloor off the northwest coast of Africa. The new study appears in Science Advances.

Weird mystery waves that baffle scientists may be ‘everywhere’ inside Earth’s mantle
23rd August 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Earth, Weird

Mysterious zones in the deep mantle where earthquake waves slow to a crawl may actually be everywhere, new research finds.

Archaeologists Reveal Ominous Warning in Ancient Babylonian Tablet
23rd August 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

The long-lost divinatory list represents the oldest-known compilation of lunar eclipse omens from Babylonia – an ancient culture in Mesopotamia famed for its astrological beliefs…The study was published in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies.

New study provides further support for psilocybin’s potential to treat depressive symptoms
22nd August 2024 medicalxpress.com | Humans, Misc.

High doses of psilocybin—the active ingredient in magic mushrooms—appears to have a similar effect on depressive symptoms as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drug escitalopram, suggests a systematic review and meta-analysis published in The BMJ on the 21st of August.

‘Stunning’ Bronze Age burial chamber discovered on the English moor
22nd August 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

A “stunning” tomb found on an isolated moor in southwest England could help archaeologists understand what life was like 4,000 years ago in the Bronze Age.

Ancient ocean of magma found on Moon south pole
21st August 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Ancient, Space

The Moon’s south pole was once covered in an ocean of liquid molten rock, according to scientists. The findings back up a theory that magma formed the Moon’s surface around 4.5 billion years ago.

LSD reshapes the brain’s response to pain, neuroimaging study finds
21st August 2024 | psypost.org | Humans, Misc.

A recent research published in the journal Heliyon suggests that LSD might modulate how the brain processes pain. The study reveals that LSD can alter the brain’s pain neural network, offering potential insights that could influence future research in cognitive science and pharmacology.

Why ancient people in Taiwan ritualistically removed healthy teeth
21st August 2024 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Humans

The first comprehensive review of tooth ablation in Taiwan from the Neolithic to the modern era has been conducted. The research, published in the Archaeological Research in Asia journal, aims to fill gaps in our knowledge of the origins and development of the practice in Taiwan.

Researchers discover how DMT alters visual cortex to create psychedelic visuals
20th August 2024 | psypost.org | Humans, Misc.

A new neuroimaging study has revealed how the powerful psychedelic N,N-dimethyltryptamine, commonly known as DMT, alters the brain’s primary visual cortex, potentially explaining the intense visual distortions experienced by users. The findings arde published in NeuroImage.

Ice Age Europeans: Climate change caused a drastic decline in hunter–gatherers, fossil study shows
20th August 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Earth, Humans

Population sizes declined sharply during the coldest period, and in the West, Ice Age Europeans even faced extinction, according to the study published August 16 in the journal Science Advances.

Dodos were fast and powerful, not slow and inept, definitive preserved specimen suggests
20th August 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

A new study has cleared up misconceptions about the extinct dodo, identifying the reference specimen for the species and showing they were fast and powerful.

New technology offers a better look at tardigrade fossils embedded in amber
15th August 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Animal Life, Weird

A trio of evolutionary biologists at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology has learned more about the evolutionary history of tardigrades by studying two fossils embedded in amber. Their study is published in Communications Biology.

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