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3.2 million-year-old human ancestor ‘Lucy’ had massive leg muscles to stand up straight and climb trees
15th June 2023 | livescience.com | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

Our 3.2 million-year-old ancestor “Lucy” could stand and walk upright just like modern humans do, new 3D muscle modeling reveals. The study was published Wednesday (June 14) in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

Study: Paleo-Americans hunted mastodons, mammoths and other megafauna in eastern North America 13,000 years ago
15th June 2023 phys.org | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

Just how implicated should humans be in the extinction of these ice-age animals? In a new study, forensic techniques more commonly used to identify blood on objects at crime scenes are used to investigate this question. Our study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Oldest Signs of Human Ancestors’ Trek to Australia Found in Laotian Cave
14th June 2023 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

In the bowels of a Laotian cave, illuminated by faint sunlight and bright lamps, scientists have unearthed the earliest known evidence of our human ancestors making their way through mainland Southeast Asia en route to Australia some 86,000 years ago…it could push back timelines of early human migration in an area by more than ten thousand years. See the study here.

Walls along River Nile reveal ancient form of hydraulic engineering
13th June 2023 phys.org | Ancient, Earth, Humans

An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these massive “river groins” reveal an exceptionally long-lived form of hydraulic engineering in the Nile Valley, and shed light on connections between ancient Nubia and Egypt. See research here.

Psilocybin shows promise in OCD treatment — even without the psychedelic “trip”
13th June 2023 | psypost.org | Ancient, Humans

Blocking the subjective psychedelic effects of psilocybin does not appear to interfere with the substance’s ability to potentially help with obsessive behaviors, according to new research published in Translational Psychiatry.

Egypt bans Dutch archaeologists over exhibition linking Beyonce and Rihanna to Queen Nefertiti
12th June 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Humans

A Dutch museum says its archaeologists have been banned from carrying out excavations at a key Egyptian site over an exhibition exploring the influence of ancient Egypt on black musicians.

UFO Mystery: Controversy Swirls Around Report of Retrieved ‘Craft’
12th June 2023 | sciencealert.com | Humans, Space, Weird

Claims the US government has secretly retrieved crashed alien spacecraft and their non-human occupants are hardly new…Now, however, journalists Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal have injected fresh vigor into these aging claims – apparently with the Pentagon’s approval.

Researchers discover 12,000-year-old flutes made from bird bones
10th June 2023 phys.org | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

A team of researchers, including a Virginia Commonwealth University professor, has discovered rare prehistoric instruments made from the bones of birds dating back more than 12,000 years, according to findings published Friday in the journal Scientific Reports

Scientists say world’s oldest-known burial site found in S Africa
10th June 2023 | aljazeera.com | Ancient, Animal Life

Palaeontologists in South Africa said they have found the oldest-known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behaviour.

Octopuses Can Rewire Their ‘Brains’ by Editing Their Own RNA on The Fly
10th June 2023 | sciencealert.com | Animal Life, Earth

Octopuses have found an incredible way to protect the more delicate features of their nervous system against radically changing temperatures.

Oldest carved piece of wood to be found in Britain dates back 6,000 years
10th June 2023 | theguardian.com | Ancient, Humans

It could easily have gone on to the bonfire or into the skip. But Derek Fawcett decided to take a closer look at the blackened, waterlogged piece of wood found at the bottom of a trench dug for foundations for a new workshop.

150-year-old mystery of strange half-circles from Paleolithic site in France finally solved
5th June 2023 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

Enigmatic, C-shaped antler carvings from France’s Stone Age have puzzled scientists for over 150 years, but now a modern experiment investigating these artifacts may have revealed their purpose: They were likely crafted to be Paleolithic finger grips for spear-throwers, a new study finds.

Ketamine Can Treat Depression as Effectively as Electroconvulsive Therapy
5th June 2023 | sciencealert.com | Humans, Misc.

A new randomized trial from researchers in the United States has shown that injections of ketamine are at least as effective as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) when treating non-psychotic forms of major depression. The study was published in NEJM.

Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years
2nd June 2023 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country’s oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans’ hominin ancestors.

Hundreds of Mystery Structures Found at The Heart of The Milky Way
2nd June 2023 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Space, Weird

An investigation into the mystery filaments hanging in space around the heart of the Milky Way has turned up an entirely new population of them, aligned along the galactic plane and pointing in the direction of the galactic center. See the research here.

SINGLE DOSE OF PSILOCYBIN YIELDS LONG-TERM DEPRESSION REMISSION IN OVER 50% OF CANCER PATIENTS
31st May 2023 psychedelicspotlight.com | Humans, Misc.

Administering a single 25mg dose of psilocybin paired with psychological support has resulted in 57% of patients sustaining remission of depression, with 64% experiencing a robust clinical response 18 months later.

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