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"Medium Rare Announced With the Only Pitch That Matters: Eat or Be Eaten"
23+ hour ago (190+ words) Medium Rare Announced With the Only Pitch That Matters: Eat or Be Eaten Games Press August 24, 2026 | Payne Robinson and Peter Tinaglia, the team behind Execute, have unveiled their next game, Medium Rare, a turn-based survival dungeon crawler heading to Steam…...
Excavations at the Gnezdilovo burial ground. The beginning of archaeological work. View from the northeast.
10+ hour, 57+ min ago (16+ words) Medievalists.net...
183,000 square kilometers of monuments hidden under the Amazon canopy
8+ hour, 36+ min ago (240+ words) LiDAR works by firing rapid laser pulses from an aircraft toward the forest floor. Laser beams filter through the dense leaves to bounce off the forest floor, allowing scientists map the ground without disturbing the trees. In the survey area…...
Why Neanderthals Were Shorter, Stockier and Stronger Than Us
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (558+ words) Neanderthals had greater upper-body strength than modern humans. A Neanderthal woman re-created and built by Dutch artists Andrie and Alfons Kennis. Since the 1800s, skeletal remains from hundreds of individual Neanderthals have been recovered. Yet, many consist of only a “single…...
Medieval Warrior Buried with Horse and Dog Discovered in Russia
10+ hour, 53+ min ago (862+ words) Archaeologists excavating near Suzdal in Russia have uncovered an unusually well-preserved 10th-century chamber grave containing a man buried alongside a horse and dog, as well as weapons and riding equipment. The discovery provides new evidence that an elite military presence…...
Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships 2027 – Opportunity Desk
17+ hour, 49+ min ago (253+ words) Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships 2027 Opportunity Desk Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships 2027 Deadline: September 15, 2026 Applications are open for the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships 2027. The Law & Anthropology Department…...
What idols are silent about: how archaeology helps study Belarusian mythology
20+ hour, 43+ min ago (1078+ words) Even when scientists find a stone idol, Skvarchevsky argues, they can rarely say with certainty which god it is dedicated to and what rituals were performed nearby. All that remains for researchers is to create hypotheses based on the images…...
Scientists confirm that the spherical stone found in Jalilabad dates back to the Neolithic era
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (326+ words) 1News.az Scientists confirm that the spherical stone found in Jalilabad dates back to the Neolithic era Following analysis, scientists have confirmed that the spherical stone discovered at the Pashatepe archaeological site in the Jalilabad district dates back to the Pre-Pottery…...
Interview: Hobbits, Neanderthals, and Dragon Man with Ella Al-Shamahi - VPM
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (88+ words) Interview: Hobbits, Neanderthals, and Dragon Man with Ella Al-Shamahi VPM Interview: Hobbits, Neanderthals, and Dragon Man with Ella Al-Shamahi Homo sapiens weren't alone. Discover the lost human species that once shared our world. Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi joins Hakeem to reveal…...
Scientists discover Neanderthal gene linked to a stronger-looking body
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (484+ words) Researchers have identified a small difference in adult body composition linked to an ancient genetic variant. Laboratory experiments suggest the change alters the way cells respond to growth hormone. Neanderthals disappeared tens of thousands of years ago, but they did…...