August 13, 2015 - Archeologists push back the clock on the oldest depiction of the human form.

The people who lived during the Palaeolithic were nomadic hunter-gatherers who used stone tools · They have left behind no large buildings or permanent settlements. Remains from this period are very hard to find and often in caves

February 11, 2019 - A malignant tumor found in a 240 million-year-old turtle bone shows that cancer has been plaguing living things since the Triassic Period.

June 5, 2024 - A well-preserved Paleolithic site in northern China reveals a new and previously unidentified set of cultural innovations. The discovery of a new culture suggests processes of innovation and cultural diversification occurring in Eastern Asia during a period of genetic and cultural hybridization.

November 28, 2023 - In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP) at the University of Tübingen show that early humans of the Middle Paleolithic had a more varied diet than previously assumed.

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The Palaeolithic diet (PD) has gained popularity globally. There is emerging evidence of its putative health benefits as short-term effects on chronic diseases have been reported. We evaluated the association between long-term adherence to the PD and breast cancer (BC) risk among postmenopausal ...

January 14, 2024 - The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago (the beginning of the Holocene), according to some theories coinciding with the appearance of behavioral modernity ...

Following the discovery in Europe in the late 1850s that humanity had roots predating known history and reaching deep into the Pleistocene era, scientists wondered whether North American prehistory might be just as ancient. And why not? The geological strata seemed exactly analogous between ...

January 9, 2017 - Cancer is a modern, man-made disease caused by environmental factors such as pollution and diet, a study review by University of Manchester scientists has strongly suggested.

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The promotion of healthy diets is likely one of the most cost-effective strategies for preventing a wide range of disorders, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes. The majority of present non-communicable chronic ...

Resolving the timescale of human activity in the Palaeolithic Age is one of the most challenging problems in prehistoric archaeology. The duration and frequency of hunter-gatherer camps reflect key aspects of social life and human–environment interactions. However, the time dimension of ...

Answer (1 of 4): Q. What was the average life expectancy for Paleolithic humans? A. Upper or Lower Paleolithic? If one can make it through childhood, their life expectancy increases. 🤔 Life expectancy is a term that entered public lingo without an understanding of what it really means. Life e...

Other articles where Upper Paleolithic Period is discussed: Çatalhüyük: …interest for their link with Upper Paleolithic art.

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1 month ago - Archaeologists have found the oldest complete example in the world of a human with metastatic cancer in a 3,000 year-old skeleton. The skeleton of the young adult male was found in a tomb in modern Sudan in 2013 and dates back to 1200BC. Analysis has revealed evidence of metastatic carcinoma, ...

December 4, 2014 - Encompassing the evolution of the Homo genus, from its humble origins to modern day Homo Sapiens[1], the lower Paleolithic period began roughly 2.6 Million years ago and ended 100,000 years ago. Homo habilis was the randy old monkey which spawned multiple genetic lines including; Homo erectus, ...

Evolutionary principles are rarely considered in clinical oncology. We here aimed to test the feasibility and effects of a dietary and physical activity intervention based on evolutionary considerations in an oncological setting. A total of 13 breast cancer patients referred to our clinic for ...