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Genetic research is being used to document Neanderthal and Modern Human contacts and potential inter breeding episodes. This idea is then expanded to account for

At https://phys.org/news/2024-07-archaeologists-earliest-evidence-farming-east.html .... archaeologists report on the earliest evidence, so far, of plant farming in East Africa. In the foothlls of Mount Elgum on the

Sent in by William - https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/10/science/plague-ancient-dna-europe-first-farmers/index.html ... ancient DNA reveals the possible cause of the mysterious population collapse 5000 years ago - the plague. We

Gary sent in a link to https://www.iflscience.com/woolly-mammoth-skin-freeze-dried-for-52000-years-delivers-first-ever-3d-chromosome-75043 ... a woolly mammoth found in NE Siberia was freeze dried 52,000 years ago which has preserved its

At https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/norways-dragons-eye-the-fantastical-pothole-that-emerged-from-ice-16000-years-ago ... the Dragon's Eye, we are told, probably formed around 20,000 years ago, when Scandinavia was buried underneath ice. The Dragon's Eye is

This is a good example of human abilities to keep the agenda spinning even when it is contradicted by observation. Or that is what it

Sent in by Gary - at https://phys.org/news/2024-07-zooplankton-traditional-views-evolution.html  ... genetic changes in a naturally isolated population of the water flea - daphnia pulex. This is a

It is known that glaciers on the Alps rapidly spread downwards as a result of contemporary written records, during the 16th and 17th centuries AD.

At https://popular-archaeology.com/article/siege-ramps-and-breached-walls-ancient-warfare-and-the-assyrian-conquest-of-lachish/ .... a 2021 article published by Popular Archaeology sheds some more light on the Assyrian capture of Lachish - with a source in

At https://phys.org/news/2024-06-uncovering-prolonged-cooling-events-holocene.html .... which is derived from https://doi.org/10.1038/S43247-024-01380-0 ... There were eleven prolonged cooling episodes in the Holocene period - ending with the Little Ice

Sent in by William - https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/strange-stonehenge-discovered-in-lake-that-s-5-000-years-older-than-the-british-landmark/BB1pG4E3 ... an enigmatic stone circle was found beneath the waters of Lake Michigan in 2007. It is 5000 years

I'm reading Tom Holland's book, 'Rubicon' Abacus:2004, and it concerns the Roman republic - prior to Caesar reintroducing the institution of kings and emperors. In

Another link sent in by Gary - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02194-y ... a Buddhist monk, back in 1980, collected some bone samples from a cave in which he

Gary sent in the link https://www.unilad.com/technology/space/12-billion-year-old-water-discovered-space-916841-20240704 ... a huge reservoir of water in space. Found by astronomers using the telescope near the summit of Mauna

William sent in a link to https://www.msn.com/em-us/news/technology/scientists-left-confused-after-uncovering-ancient-rocks-that-hold-proof-of-the-earth-s-magnetic-field/ss-BB1oJOXk .... but see also https://www.space.com/earth-ancient-magnetic-field-puzzle-isua .... Rocks that have been dated to 3.7 billion years ago, on the

At https://phys.org/news/2024-06-extinct-walnut-species-high-arctic.html ... three new extinct walnut species have been discovered in a high arctic mummified foreest. It is situated on the Princess Margaret Mountians

At https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-to-blame-for-megafauna-extinctions-new-study-suggests .... another study  is keen to blame humans for the disappearance of megafauna such as woolly mammoths, sabre toothed cats, and the like.

At https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/06/240626152057.htm ... James Kennett et al report on the presence of proxies associated with a cosmic airburst event that was distributed over several separate

The expansion and contraction of the Intertropical Convergence Zone [ITCZ for short] is a well known feature of past climate. It is known to have

Trilobites are the darlings of some geologists. Those with a fondness of collecting fossils. They come in different sizes and mostly can be held in