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When will MDMA be approved for therapy? Major trial issues may stand in the way, psychiatrist Dr. Albino Oliveira-Maia says.
18th December 2024 | livescience.com | Humans, Misc.

Psychedelics are being tested as add-ons to psychotherapy, but in trials, there’s little detail about how the therapy is actually conducted, Dr. Albino Oliveira-Maia says.

Researchers reveal 8,000 years of Aboriginal history on Yorke Peninsula
17th December 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Humans

New research by Flinders University and University of South Australia, conducted in partnership with Narungga Nation Aboriginal Corporation and Point Pearce Aboriginal Corporation, has revealed 8,000 years of Aboriginal history on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula (Guuranda)

1,800-year-old silver amulet could rewrite history of Christianity in the early Roman Empire
17th December 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

A 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered in a burial in Germany is the oldest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps, according to a new study.

Ancient Tablet Etched With Mysterious Language Found in Georgia
17th December 2024 | sciencealert.com | Ancient, Humans

A team of archaeologists from across Georgia has confirmed the impressions represent samples of a script that has never been documented, raising questions on the spread and preservation of writing across the transcontinental region.This research was published in the Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology.

Butchered bones reveal massacre in Bronze Age Britain
16th December 2024 cosmosmagazine.com | Ancient, Humans

The remains of at least 37 people unearthed from the Early Bronze Age site of Charterhouse Warren in England have revealed the darker side of human prehistory…the findings have been published in the journal Antiquity.

35,000-year-old ‘tortoise shell’ carving may be Holy Land’s oldest evidence of ritual behavior
16th December 2024 | livescience.com | Ancient, Humans

A granite boulder carved more than 35,000 years ago deep in a cave in Israel may be the oldest evidence of ritual practices in the Holy Land, a new study suggests.

Archaeological study uncovers world’s oldest evidence of livestock horn manipulation
16th December 2024 phys.org | Ancient, Animal Life, Humans

Archaeologists Dr. Wim van Neer, Dr. Bea De Cupere, and Dr. Renée Friedman have published a study on the earliest evidence of horn modification in livestock in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

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