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Bog butter from 3,000 BC found in ancient underground store

May, 04 2011

Irish Central

Joe Clancy displays the ancient bog butter which he found this week In Ballard bog on the outskirts of Tullamore, County Offaly Peat cutter said the ancient food still smells of dairy

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Ancient slingers added insult to injury, researcher says

May, 04 2011

Mil Tech

Ancient slingers added insult to injury, researcher says Centuries before Allied bomber crews would send gleefully personalised ordnance to Adolf Hitler, ancient skirmishers mastered the art of enemy taunts by slingshot, according to a researcher.

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Neandertal hybridization and Haldanes rule

May, 04 2011

Discover Magazine

Neandertal hybridization and Haldanes rule Mr. James Winters at A Replicated Typo pointed me to a short hypothesis paper, Neanderthal human Hybrids.

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Ancient artifacts unearthed in Taiwan

May, 04 2011

The Stone Pages

Archeologists recently found artifacts and pottery parts that are identified as belonging to the Niaosung culture (1400 550 BCE) during an excavation near a public cemetery in Tainan City's Jiali District (Republic of China Taiwan).

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Ancient bipedal hominid dubbed Nutcracker Man preferred grass to nuts, new study finds

May, 04 2011

EurekAlert

Paranthropus boisei, an ancient human relative that was nicknamed "Nutcracker Man" because of its powerful jaws and large, flat teeth, did not eat nuts but instead dined primarily on grasses, according to a new study involving CU-Boulder. An ancient, bipedal hominid sporting a set of powerful jaws and huge molars that earned it the nickname "Nutcracker Man" likely didn't crack nuts at all, preferring instead to slurp up vast quantities of grasses and sedges, says a new study.

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Ohios mounds are works of art

May, 04 2011

Columbus Dispatch

For many people, the mounds of eastern North America are nothing like the architectural wonders of Europe and Asia. Compared with the Parthenon in Athens or Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Ohio's Newark Earthworks and Fort Ancient might seem like piles of dirt.

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Buildings May Have Been First Community Centers

May, 04 2011

Science Magazine

Early farmers may have used this structure for group processing of wild plants and also for performances. Nearly 12,000 years ago, the world's first villages began to spring up in the Near East.

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25,000 year old cave paintings discovered in Spain

May, 04 2011

Reuters

Paintings depicting horses and human hands made by prehistoric humans around 25,000 years ago have been discovered in a cave in northern Spain, regional officials said on Wednesday.

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Giant Ant Fossil Unearthed

May, 04 2011

Discovery News

Giant Ant Fossil Unearthed A giant ant the size of a small bird may seem like something out of a B movie horror plot. But 50 million years ago, this ant roamed the world.

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Archaeologists find new Viking site in Temple Bar

May, 04 2011

The Journal

Archaeologists digging at the site in Meeting House Square A VIKING SETTLEMENT has been uncovered in Temple Bar during building work to build a retractable canopy over Meeting House Square.