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Did rock art spread from one place or was it invented many times?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:00:09 +0100

Rock art is a truly global phenomenon, with discoveries of cave paintings and etchings on every continent that ancient humans inhabited – but how many times was it invented over human history?

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World's oldest wine found in 2000-year-old Roman tomb

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:59:52 +0100

An urn found in a tomb in Spain contained the cremated remains of a man, a gold ring and about 5 litres of liquid, which has been identified as now-discoloured white wine

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Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:00:33 +0100

A fossil bone displaying features consistent with Down’s syndrome belonged to a Neanderthal child who survived beyond 6 years old, adding to evidence that these extinct humans cared for members of their community

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Britain saw centuries of economic growth under Roman rule

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 05 Jul 2024 20:00:58 +0100

The technologies introduced by the Romans after they conquered Britain led to the kind of economic growth seen in the industrial age

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Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:00:27 +0100

An arm bone from an ancient human that lived 700,000 years ago on the island of Flores is the smallest ever found from an adult hominin, adding a new piece to the puzzle of Homo floresiensis

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Stonehenge’s altar stone was brought all the way from Scotland

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:00:44 +0100

The nearest source of the altar stone at the centre of Stonehenge has finally been identified – and it is at least 750 kilometres away in north-east Scotland

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A gripping account of morality shows how we work out right from wrong

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0100

Where do morals come from? In Animals, Robots, Gods, anthropologist Webb Keane argues imagination and differing senses of the world are key to discerning right from wrong

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Read an extract from Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:45:16 +0100

In the opening to Rachel Kushner's Booker-shortlisted novel Creation Lake, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet undercover operative Sadie Smith as she secretly reads the emails of an eco-activist group

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A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from eight people

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:51:08 +0000

Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of bones from many people spanning thousands of years – but we don’t know who assembled it or why

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Before the Stone Age: Were the first tools made from plants not rocks?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age

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U.S. to Be Removed From E.U. Safe Travel List

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 PDT

Title: U.S. to Be Removed From E.U. Safe Travel List
Category: Health News
Created: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM

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U.S. to Reopen Borders to Vaccinated Travelers from Canada, Mexico

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 PDT

Title: U.S. to Reopen Borders to Vaccinated Travelers from Canada, Mexico
Category: Health News
Created: 10/13/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/13/2021 12:00:00 AM

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What Can Be Diagnosed From a Sleep Study?

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: What Can Be Diagnosed From a Sleep Study?
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 7/7/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/7/2022 12:00:00 AM

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