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Ancient bird bones redate human activity in Madagascar by 6,000 years

Disarticulation marks on the base of the tarsometatarsus. These cut marks were made when removing the toes from the foot. Credit: ZSL Analysis of bones, from what was once the world's largest bird, ha... read more

Humans Lived in Madagascar 6,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Prior to this new work, the oldest evidence of human activity on Madagascar came ... The discovery of butchered elephant bird bones, directly dated to 10,000 years ago, now places humans in Madagascar ... read more

Early Holocene human presence in Madagascar evidenced by exploitation of avian megafauna

3 Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA. 4 Centre ValBio, Ranomafana, Ifanadiana 312, Madagascar. 5 Mention Bassins Sédimentaires Evolution Conservation, Unive... read more

The First Americans May Have Arrived 130,000 Years Ago

There have been a handful of sites from Brazil and Chile to the Great Plains of the U.S. suggesting human activity ... bones, or with a herd of heavy beasties trampling the unfortunate mastodon, alive ... read more

South Korea Ready To Share Business, IT Know-How With Sri Lanka

Macron’s Party Neck-And-Neck With Far-Right In 2019 EU Election Opinion Poll Ancient Bird Bones Redate Human Activity In Madagascar By 6,000 Years read more

Facts and false equivalence – reporting on evolution disputes

But we can report if a Muslim known to preach that belief is found to be involved in some violent activity ... Madagascar, we usually include a background paragraph saying something like: “Madagascar ... read more

Reflections on an Oyster

of him — will be reduced to a pile of bones ... details of ancient ecosystems. And recent years have yielded up an astonishing wealth of “transitional forms” — organisms with bodies that are in betwee... read more

Coelacanth slowly reveals its secrets

We still have little idea about how long these ancient-looking fish live for. The survey by Fricke’s team confirms that coelacanths can live for at least 21 years; they resighted the same fish at the ... read more

Dr. Jay and argumentum ad bradi bunchium

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Humans may have colonized Madagascar later than previously thought

New archaeological evidence from southwest Madagascar ... cutmarks in bones dated before 1200 years BP were in fact animal biting and gnawing marks, root etching, or chop marks from the excavation, su... read more

1.5 Million Years Ago, Homo Erectus Walked a Lot Like Us

The ancestors to modern humans really hit their stride 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints found in Kenya were made by hominids that share a common foot anatomy and walking stride with modern ... read more

Ancient Bird Bones Redate Human Activity In Madagascar By 6,000 Years

Analysis of bones, from what was once the world’s largest bird, has revealed that humans arrived on the tropical island of Madagascar more than 6,000 years earlier than previously thought – according ... read more