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Millet: the missing piece in the puzzle of prehistoric humans’ transition from hunter-gatherers to farmers

14 Dec 2015

New research shows a cereal familiar today as birdseed was carried across Eurasia by ancient shepherds and herders laying the foundation, in...

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Details from infographic produced by Arizona State University

Decline in the number of males involved in reproduction during the period of global growth

17 Mar 2015

Wealth and power may have played a stronger role than “survival of the fittest”.

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Leg and torso from the model of a four-legged animal, possibly a deer or horse. This is one of 36 ceramic items recovered from Vela Spila, Croatia.

Archaeologists uncover Palaeolithic ceramic art

24 Jul 2012

Ceramics found on the coast of the Adriatic attest to a hitherto unknown artistic culture which flourished during the last Ice Age, thousands of...

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Cambridgeshire Quarry throws up 4,500-year-old find

16 Jul 2010

A remarkable piece of Neolithic rock art, unlike anything previously found in Eastern England, has been unearthed in the Cambridgeshire village of...

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