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Double the stress slows down evolution

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Like other organisms, bacteria constantly have to fight to survive in hostile living conditions. Together with colleagues in Finland, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plön have discovered that bacteria adapt to their environment more slowly and less efficiently as soon as they are exposed to two stress factors rather than one. This is due to mutations in different genes. The slower rate of evolution...

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Researchers discover information about a gene that helps define us as humans

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University of Otago researchers have discovered information about a gene that sets primates—great apes and humans—apart from other mammals, through the study of a rare developmental brain disorder. Brain organoids, or "mini-brains" growing in culture [Credit: Dr Adam O'Neill]Dr. Adam O'Neill carried out the research as part of his Ph.D. at the University of Otago, under the supervision of Professor Stephen Robertson, discovering that...

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Parthian coffin burial discovered in southwest Iran

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An ancient coffin burial has been found in Jubji, a historical site in Iran’s southwestern Khuzestan province. Credit: MehirPreliminary speculations suggest that the coffin may date back to the Parthian era (247 BC–224 CE). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A team of Iranian archaeologists discovered the object while conducting a rescue operation in Jubji, Mehr reported on Sunday. Source: Tehran Times [December 06,...

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Clay pagoda fragment featuring nymph found in Japan's Honshu island

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A piece of pottery with an engraving of a smiling female figure was recently unearthed in Ishikawa Prefecture, located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island, that is believed to date back more than 1,100 years. A female figure is seen engraved on a piece of earthenware in Nonoichi, Ishikawa Prefecture [Credit: Chikako Numata]The artefact was found in the city's Suematsu district on the site of a ruined Buddhist temple, which experts...

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Genetic study forces a rethink on population history of Ibiza

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Otago researchers have discovered a rare case of genetic population discontinuity on the Mediterranean Island of Ibiza. Essentially, the original genetic signature of the founding female population, handed down through centuries on Ibiza has been replaced, prompting a change in understanding of the island’s genetic history. Set of figurines from Es Culleram. Archaeological Museum of Ibiza and Formentera [Credit: © Ministerio de...

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Palaeolithic people may have amputated fingers in religious ritual, study suggests

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Early in human history, people were willing to make enormous sacrifices in order to satisfy their deities. Some cave dwellers even cut off their own fingers, according to new research. These are examples of negative hand images with missing fingers on calcite draperies in Cosquer Cave, located in Calanque de Morgiou, France [Credit: Jean Clottes]It was a mystery archaeologists couldn’t figure out for decades. Cave paintings nearly...

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Bronze Age jewellery found in Slovakia

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Archaeologists excavating in the village of Hozelec in northern Slovakia have unearthed a unique trove of jewellery believed to date from the Middle to Late Bronze Age. Credit: TASR/Oliver OndrášMatúš Hudák, archaeologist of Spiš Museum in Spišská Nová Ves, said that small fragments of bronze spirals, funnel-shaped pins and three bronze discs had been recovered. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The funnel-like...

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Illyrian temples found at ancient Doclea in Montenegro

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The Center for Archaeology of Montenegro began a series of rescue excavations in the ancient city of Doclea near Podgorica, one of the most important historical monuments in Montenegro, after an ancient villa was destroyed during the construction of a railway line. Credit: Balkan Heritage Field SchoolDuring the course of the excavations the foundations of several temples were found, evidently belonging to the Illyrian Docleati tribe...

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Larisa on Aeolis: Its Urban Landscape and Rular Backdrop

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December 10, 2018 19.00 - LECTURE Turgut Saner

Mind the gap: revisiting Greece’s national ‘sites of trauma’.

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December 10, 2018 19.00 - UPPER HOUSE SEMINAR Prof. Dimitris Plantzos (University of Athens)

Papachristodoulou-Karika plot in the necropolis of Rhodes: A place of burials, assemblies and ceremonies, and disposal

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December 10, 2018 19.00 - LECTURE Anastasia Dreliossi-Herakleidou, Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese -Lisa Betina, Post-Doc researcher, Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen

Εθνική Ιδεολογία, Αρχαιότητες και η συγκρότηση της Συλλογής του Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Θεσσαλονίκης στις αρχές του 20ου αιώνα

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December 10, 2018 19.00 - LECTURE Δρ Ευαγγελία Στεφανή, Διευθύντρια, Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Θεσσαλονίκης

2018.12.13: Returns to Pompeii: Interior Space and Decoration Documented and Revived 18th-20th Century. Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Rom. Serie in 4°, 62

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Review of Shelley Hales, Anne-Marie Leander Touati, Returns to Pompeii: Interior Space and Decoration Documented and Revived 18th-20th Century. Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Rom. Serie in 4°, 62. Stockholm: 2016. Pp. 307. ISBN 9789170421839.

2018.12.14: The Chora of Metaponto 7: The Greek Sanctuary at Pantanello, (3 vols.). Institute of Classical Archaeology Series on the Rural Settlements in the Chora of Metaponto, 7

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Review of Joseph Coleman Carter, Keith Swift, The Chora of Metaponto 7: The Greek Sanctuary at Pantanello, (3 vols.). Institute of Classical Archaeology Series on the Rural Settlements in the Chora of Metaponto, 7. Austin: 2018. Pp. 1800. $200.00. ISBN 9781477314234.

2018.12.15: TYPOI. Greek and Roman Coins Seen through their Images: Noble Issuers, Humble Users? Série histoire, 3

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Review of P. P. Iossif, Fr. de Callataÿ​, R. Veymiers, TYPOI. Greek and Roman Coins Seen through their Images: Noble Issuers, Humble Users? Série histoire, 3​. Liège​: 2018. Pp. 526; lxxi p. of plates. €42,50 (pb). ISBN 9782875621573.

Why did Genesis like Egypt?

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The Israel Antiquities Authority

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Hurtado reviews Fredriksen, When Christians were Jews

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The Gospel of Mark: a rough draft?

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Archaeologists unveil deluxe carriage from 2,500 years ago

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BEIJING - Archaeologists at the archaeology research institute of the Chinese Academy of Social...
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