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EXCAVATIONS at Ayia Varvara-Asprokremnos have uncovered the earliest complete human figurine currently known on Cyprus, the Antiquities Department said yesterday.

The age of the statue could range from 10,500 to 11,000 years old based on the fact it was discovered at a site that has been radio-carbon dated to between 8800-8600 BC.

The period marks the beginning of the Neolithic period in Cyprus at a time when the transition from hunting to farming economies was beginning throughout the Middle East.

L'évolution des espèces, les preuves, tome 1. Un livre de Maxime Hervé et Denis Poinsot. Les auteurs répertorient quelques unes des preuves de l'évolution des espèces, sans charabia et compréhensible par tous...

The explosion of animal life on Earth around 520 million years ago was the result of a combination of interlinked factors rather than a single underlying cause, according to a new study.

The question of how human societies evolve from small groups to the huge, anonymous and complex societies of today has been answered mathematically, accurately matching the historical record on the emergence of complex states in the ancient world.Click here to edit the content

Thanks to recent archeological finds, scientists have gained a better understanding of our brain's evolution by measuring the interior dimensions of ancient skulls.

EXCAVATIONS at Ayia Varvara-Asprokremnos have uncovered the earliest complete human figurine currently known on Cyprus, the Antiquities Department said yesterday.

The age of the statue could range from 10,500 to 11,000 years old based on the fact it was discovered at a site that has been radio-carbon dated to between 8800-8600 BC.

The ancient town may be Dalmanutha, described in the Gospel of Mark as the place Jesus sailed to after miraculously feeding 4,000 people by multiplying a few fish and loaves of bread.

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De nouveaux fossiles découverts en Afrique du Sud et mesurant autour d'un millimètre, repoussent les origines de la vie sur les continents à il y a environ 2,2 milliards d'années. La vie terrestre pourrait être quatre fois plus vieille que ce que...

A multi-disciplinary study assessing the evidence for agriculture in Neolithic Ireland is presented, examining the timing, extent and nature of settlement and farming. Bayesian analyses of palaeoenvironmental and archaeological 14C data have allowed us to re-examine evidential strands within a strong chronological framework. While the nature and timing of the very beginning of the Neolithic in Ireland is still debated, our results – based on new Bayesian chronologies of plant macro-remains – are consistent with a rapid and abrupt transition to agriculture from c. 3750 cal BC, though there are hints of earlier Neolithic presence at a number of sites. 

L'évolution des espèces, les mécanismes, tome 2. Un livre de Maxime Hervé et Denis Poinsot. Pas facile à priori d'expliquer comment les espèces évoluent, c'est pourtant le but que se sont fixé les auteurs.

Los arqueólogos datan la ocupación neolítica de una cavidad en Pedreguer en el año 5.050 antes de Cristo - Profesionales de la Universidad de Valencia y del Museo Arqueológico de Valencia han participado en las excavaciones...

Una spedizione di speleologi ha trovato la diga più antica al mondo, situata nel territorio di Krasnodar nel sud della Russia. Adesso si dovrà quindi rivedere la storia delle invenzioni dell’umanità.

Habitable conditions on Earth will be possible for at least another 1.75 billion years - according to astrobiologists at the University of East Anglia. A true-color NASA satellite mosaic of Earth [Credit: NASA] Findings published today in the journal Astrobiology reveal the habitable lifetime of planet Earth - based on our distance from the sun and temperatures at which it is possible for the planet to have liquid water.

The origin of life on Earth is still a hotly-debated topic. There are many different theories on how life was kick-started, as well as various experiments underway attempting to understand the processes involved.

A study by a postgraduate researcher at the University of Southampton has found that Neanderthals were more culturally complex than previously acknowledged.

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De nouveaux fossiles découverts en Afrique du Sud et mesurant autour d'un millimètre, repoussent les origines de la vie sur les continents à il y a environ 2,2 milliards d'années. La vie terrestre pourrait être quatre fois plus vieille que ce que...

Why did anatomically modern humans replace Neanderthals in Europe around 40,000 years ago? One hypothesis suggests that Neandertals were rigid in their dietary choice, targeting large herbivorous mammals, such as horse, bison and mammoths, while modern humans also exploited a wider diversity of dietary resources, including fish. This dietary flexibility of modern humans would have been a big advantage when competing with Neanderthals...