History can tell us a lot about the Crusades, the series of religious wars fought between 1095 and 1291, in which Christian invaders tried to claim the Near East. But …read more Source:: Science
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Ancient DNA reveals role of Near East and Egypt in cat domestication
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•DNA found at archaeological sites reveals that the origins of our domestic cat are in the Near East and ancient Egypt. Cats were domesticated by the first farmers some 10,000 …read more Source:: Science
Stone tools from Jordan point to dawn of division of labor
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•Charcoal samples enable remarkably accurate estimates of 40,000 to 45,000 years ago for the earliest Upper Paleolithic stone tools in the Near East. The toolmakers appear to have achieved a …read more Source:: Science
Mollusk shells: Modern humans inhabited Near East at least 45,900 years ago, colonized Europe from there
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•New high precision radiocarbon dates of mollusk shells show that modern humans occupied the Near East at least 45,900 years ago and colonized Europe from there. …read more Source:: Science