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A chamber pot found in situ at a 5th-century Roman villa. Experts showed that it contained remains of urine and feces, as well as whipworm eggs, thus confirming its use by ancient Romans. (Roger Wilson)

Archeologists Ask: Ceramic Pot Or Portable Toilet?

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Archeologists are delving into ancient feces to identify Roman chamber pots and the diets of those who used them.
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Artist's impression of Dolly, a diplodocid herbivorous dinosaur that lived 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic period. Scientists suggest she may have been infected with aspergillosis, which also affects modern birds. The pulmonary disease infecting this animal would not have been externally evident, but the probable pneumonia-like outward symptoms would have included coughing, labored breathing, nasal discharge, fever and weight loss. (Woodruff et al., 2022/Corbin Rainbolt)

Pass The Tissues: First Evidence Of Dinosaur Respiratory Infection

February 12, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

A fungal infection may have caused the cough that killed a gigantic diplodocus.
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Hadza women share a meal of roasted tubers. Combining hunting and gathering with food sharing, group members can risk spending a lot of energy to find food knowing they won’t starve if they return to camp empty-handed, researchers say. (Herman Pontzer, Duke University)

Risky But Rewarding Food Strategies Gave Early Humans More Free Time

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The biggest evolutionary benefit of early human food strategies may have been all the free time.
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The first page of Vail manuscript MS17817 from the British Library. According to a linguistic expert, “Vai script of Liberia was created from scratch in about 1834 by eight completely illiterate men who wrote in ink made from crushed berries.” (The British Library, CC0/Zenger)

Experts Study Rare African Parchment In Search Of Clues About The Evolution Of Writing

January 17, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Vai script of Liberia, created from scratch around 1834, said to offer important insight.
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Katherine Kanne examines a horse jawbone for a study on the size of destriers, or medieval warhorses. (University of Exeter)

A Tall Story: Medieval Warhorses Were No Bigger Than Modern Ponies, Study Says

January 11, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

A network of royal studs sought the varied characteristics needed for warhorses.
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The rare stone toilet is 2,700 years old, and was most likely used by one of the dignitaries of Jerusalem. Analysis of the cesspit underneath revealed several parasites. (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Toilet Dig Reveals The Dirty Secrets Of Jerusalem’s Wealthiest Ancients

January 6, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

Jerusalem’s elites had the rare luxury of toilets 2,700 years ago, but poor hygiene and sanitation led to chronic stomach troubles
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A mummy of the Ansilta people of the Andes Mountains had head lice that cemented nits to hair, encasing DNA that offers clues about human migration 1,500 to 2,000 years ago. (Courtesy San Juan National University, Argentina)

Nitty Gritty On Our Ancestors: How Scientists Are Recovering Human DNA From 2,000-Year-Old Head Lice

January 3, 2022 1skholloway1975 Comments Off

New study uses “Jurassic Park” techniques to examine human skin cells found in mummified creepy crawlies.
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The mummy of Amenhotep I was discovered in 1881 but never unwrapped by Egyptologists. Using CT scanning, modern Egyptologists have digitally unwrapped the mummy, revealing a jeweled facemask. (Zahi Hawass, Sahar Saleem)

Mummy Digitally ‘Unwrapped’ To Reveal Egyptian Pharaoh

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The face of Amenhotep I was covered by a fine mask, inset with jewels.
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) Dinosaur Institute volunteer Viji Shook lies next to the skull of Cymbospondylus youngorum. (Martin Sander/Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County)

Newly Discovered Giant Ichthyosaur Ruled The Seas 246 Million Years Ago

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Toothy Cymbospondylus youngorum was the largest creature on land or sea during the mid-Triassic period.
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Weighing hundreds of pounds, a block of sandstone from a cliff at Howick Bay in Northumberland, England, revealed a fossilized segment of a giant millipede that lived 326 million years ago. (Neil Davies)

Millipedes As Big As Cars Roamed Northern England 100 Million Years Before The Dinosaurs

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Nightmarish Arthropleura was nine feet long and lived in an equatorial tropical climate 326 million years ago.
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