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Paleontology: Fossils
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Tiniest ever ancient seawater pockets revealed - Tiniest Ever Ancient Seawater Pockets Revealed: A Breakthrough in Understanding Earth's History      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Ancient seawater pockets offer a new source of clues to climate change in vanished oceans and our ow ...

Anthropology: General Archaeology: General Paleontology: Fossils
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New study reveals a long history of violence in ancient hunter-gatherer societies      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Violence was a consistent part of life among ancient communities of hunter-gatherers, according to a ...

Archaeology: General Paleontology: Fossils
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Did dementia exist in ancient Greek and Rome?      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Did the ancient Greeks and Romans experience Alzheimer's? Medical texts from 2,500 years ago rarely ...

Anthropology: General Archaeology: General Paleontology: Fossils
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Ancient DNA reveals Down syndrome in past human societies      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

By analysing ancient DNA, an international team of researchers have uncovered cases of chromosomal d ...

Offbeat: Paleontology and Archeology Paleontology: Fossils
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Ancient amphibians had their bones cooked - Ancient Amphibians: A Surprising Discovery About Their Bones      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods -- amphibian-like creature ...

Biology: Evolutionary Paleontology: Fossils Paleontology: General
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Bees evolved from ancient supercontinent, diversified faster than suspected      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The origin of bees is tens of millions of years older than most previous estimates, a new study show...

Anthropology: General Paleontology: Fossils
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Ancient DNA reveals an early African origin of Cattle in the Americas      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Using ancient DNA, researchers have determined cattle were imported from Africa to the Americas much ...