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Stone tool cut marks on Ice Age bones provide evidence for hunting by prehistoric humans in the Ohio area. (via First evidence of hunting by prehistoric people in what is now Ohio)
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Stone tool cut marks on Ice Age bones provide evidence for hunting by prehistoric humans in the Ohio area. (via First evidence of hunting by prehistoric people in what is now Ohio)

Source: sciencedaily.com

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    • #Ohio
    • #anthropology
    • #hunting
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Studying more than 400 Nubian skeletons reveals a difficult life.  Evidence of poor diets, scurvy, tuberculosis, high infant mortality, and trauma. (via Ancient Nubians: A hard life | MSU News | Michigan State University)
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Studying more than 400 Nubian skeletons reveals a difficult life.  Evidence of poor diets, scurvy, tuberculosis, high infant mortality, and trauma. (via Ancient Nubians: A hard life | MSU News | Michigan State University)

Source: news.msu.edu

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    • #bones
    • #skeletons
    • #archaeology
    • #Nubia
    • #scurvy
    • #tuberculosis
    • #Sudan
    • #Nile River
    • #ancient
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Stature and frailty during the Black Death: the effect of stature on risks of epidemic mortality in London, A.D. 1348-1350

New study suggests being short was not ideal during the 14th century Black Death plague. [Journal of Archaeological Science]

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    • #epidemic
    • #journal
    • #medieval
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