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Analysing ancient anaesthetic
14+ hour, 36+ min ago (619+ words) The Past website The tools were discovered in 1974 during excavations of a tomb in Jiangyin County, Jiangsu Province, belonging to an individual called Xia Quan: a physician who lived 1348-1411, during the early Ming Dynasty. At this point in time, Jiangsu…...
Swedish Migration Reshaped Medieval Finland???s Genetic Landscape, Study Finds
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (544+ words) A new ancient DNA study reveals that coastal and inland communities in southwestern Finland were genetically similar during the early Middle Ages, before migration from Sweden transformed the coastal population. The research also shows that medieval Finland was deeply connected…...
Is marine biology at Eckerd right for you?
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (788+ words) It is no secret that Eckerd College is known for its marine science program. Every year, hundreds of students in search of a place to further their dreams of becoming a marine biologist come to Eckerd with the intentions of…...
Pre-European Indigenous Population Larger Than Believed
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (523+ words) Australia had a much larger Indigenous population before the arrival of Europeans than previously thought, according to new research. The research also demonstrates much larger population losses resulting from colonisation than previously believed, with an estimated 93 per cent of the…...
WHY SOME CIVILIZATIONS LIVE FOR 6,000 YEARS WHILE OTHERS GO TITS UP BEFORE THEY LEARN TO RIDE A…
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (423+ words) WHY SOME CIVILIZATIONS LIVE FOR 6,000 YEARS WHILE OTHERS GO TITS UP BEFORE THEY LEARN TO RIDE A TRICYCLE — PART THREE: SOPHISTICATED ADMINISTRATION Why do some civilizations survive for thousands …...
Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary People After the Western Roman Empire Fell
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1287+ words) Ancient DNA suggests Rome’s fall reshaped Europe through gradual migration and intermarriage, not a sudden barbarian takeover....
25,000-year-old teeth yield earliest evidence of human drug use
1+ week, 4+ day ago (528+ words) Fossilised teeth from Sulawesi carry the oldest known traces of human drug use, dated to between 16,000 and 25,000 years ago, researchers report. Traces of betel nut have been found in fossilised teeth from Indonesia's Sulawesi island, in what researchers describe as…...
Frontier archaeology traces the threads of ancient civilizations
1+ week, 6+ day ago (458+ words) The symposium was jointly organized by the Society for Chinese Archaeology, the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the National Centre for Archaeology, and the Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Sciences. This year's event focused on…...
What Archaeology Reveals About the Rise of All-Powerful Rulers
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1741+ words) Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations—many were more egalitarian. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged 11:00 AM CDT on September 7, 2026 Why are some societies ruled by autocrats — powerful people who make all the decisions with…...
Ancient Egyptians Were Putting Some Strange Things into Their Paint
1+ week, 6+ day ago (277+ words) Protein traces reveal practical workshop recipes and a connection to the god Ptah....