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Bones of the victims at Roman Herculaneum – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. Bones of the victims at Roman Herculaneum. Are human remains the archaeology of death or the archaeology of life? This strange paradox stated in Pearson (1999), addresses that the surviving bones, tissues and skin are more likely to reveal information about a person’s life, not a person’s death. Are human remains the archaeology of death or the archaeology of life? These cities ma...
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Genders differ dramatically in evolved mate preferences – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. Genders differ dramatically in evolved mate preferences. Men’s and women’s ideas of the perfect mate differ significantly due to evolutionary pressures, according to a cross-cultural study on multiple mate preferences by psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin. Mating is multidimensional and requires matching a pattern of mate preferences to a pattern of potential mate ...
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Paleo diet: Big brains needed carbs – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. Paleo diet: Big brains needed carbs. Understanding how and why we evolved such large brains is one of the most puzzling issues in the study of human evolution. Understanding how and why we evolved such large brains is one of the most puzzling issues in the study of human evolution. 1) The human brain uses up to 25% of the body’s energy budget and up to 60% of blood glucose&#...
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HERITAGE TV – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. The ancient origins of the Olympics. The wars that inspired Game of Thrones. Beginning around 1377, medieval England was shaken by a power struggle between two noble families, which spanned generations and involved a massive. The pharaoh that wouldn’t be forgotten – Hatshepsut. The great conspiracy against Julius Caesar. The Atlantic slave trade. Where did Russia come from? Welcom...
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POLITICS – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. Campaigners dumbfounded by double standards over Shropshire hillfort sites. Legal expert makes fact-finding visit to threatened hillfort. A specialist planning lawyer has met with campaigners to discuss the prospect of legal action against development affecting the setting of Old. Council blind spot over hillfort housing jeopardises county plan, warn campaigners. 71 years ago, mem...
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NATURAL HISTORY – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. The origins of Cuban species. Europe’s oldest known living inhabitant. A Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii) growing in the highlands of northern Greece has been dendrocronologically dated to be more than 1075 years. Tree-rings reveal secret clocks that could reset key dates across the ancient world. Scientists on the prowl for ‘the ultimate Pokémon’. While the Minoan culture on Cret...
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Natural selection, key to evolution, also can impede formation of new species – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. Natural selection, key to evolution, also can impede formation of new species. An intriguing study involving walking stick insects led by the University of Sheffield in England and the University of Colorado Boulder shows how natural selection, the engine of evolution, can also impede the formation of new species. Credit : Illustration credit Rosa Marin. Appears to be thwarting th...
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INTERESTING – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. 10 Historic Hungarian Castles. Historic sites used in Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an. 10 must see castles in Wales. Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion.
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HERITAGE – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. Cheating, bribery and scandal: how the ancient Greeks did the Olympic Games. Research highlights how glass was a ‘symbol of power’ to ancient cultures. The world's highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge opened to visitors in central China, connecting two mountain cliffs in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province. The demise of the Maya civilisation: water shortage can destroy cultures.
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Recreating alchemical recipes shows the genius of ancient scientists – HeritageDaily – Heritage & Archaeology News
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SPACE & PLANETARY. FUN & TRIVIA. TERMS & CONDITIONS. TERMS & CONDITIONS. SPACE & PLANETARY. TECH & ENGINEERING. FUN & TRIVIA. Recreating alchemical recipes shows the genius of ancient scientists. From dragon’s blood to slippery elm root, coded and obscure ingredients of ancient recipes are getting a second look today not by Harry Potter fans, but by historians who want to experience science as it was practiced centuries ago. Chemical and Engineering News. Historians have now figured out that dragon’...