Genetic heritage from the Stone Age protects against today's chronic inflammatory bowel diseases
In Europe alone, approximately 2 million people live with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and their incidence has ...
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Excavation near Jerusalem finds 9,000-year-old six-fingered Neolithic shaman woman
The woman had six fingers on her left hand, a characteristic that in ancient cultures was often interpreted as a sign of ...
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An ancient volcano blotted out the sun, killing crops. People likely reacted by making "sun stones"
"The ditches were subsequently closed.” Speaking with Salon, Iversen brought the Neolithic rituals to life by describing the elaborate ceremonies that would have been practiced by the ancient ...
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Metal Detectorist Discovers 6,000-Year-Old Neolithic Ax In Polish Forest
"Many a seeker can spend his whole life wandering around and not find something equally valuable." A metal detectorist combing a forest in eastern Poland just stumbled upon a rare, 6,000-year-old ...
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The Enigma of the Absence of Figurative Representations in the Neolithic of Northern Europe: Where Are the Figurines?
6200–3300 BCE. Credit: Rebecca Bristow et al. The team suggests that figurines, commonly associated with rituals and the integration of densely populated communities, lost significance as Neolithic ...
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Small carnivores may have constituted important part of hunter–gatherer nutrition in the Levant
Around this time, hunter–gatherer societies in the Levant were transitioning to a farmer lifestyle. This transition is called the Neolithic Revolution. Early signs of change had already been ...