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Saturday, February 13, 2016
New Study Analyzes a Mesolithic Cemetery Full of Children and an Odd Standing Burial
New Study Analyzes a Mesolithic Cemetery Full of Children and an Odd Standing Burial http://bit.ly/1oedOru
The Shrouded History of Nitocris: Was the Last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty a Woman?
The Shrouded History of Nitocris: Was the Last Pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty a Woman? http://bit.ly/1PuVnr8
Clues About Human Migration to Imperial Rome Uncovered in 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery
Clues About Human Migration to Imperial Rome Uncovered in 2,000-Year-Old Cemetery http://bit.ly/1PuRylI
Isotope analysis of 2000-year-old skeletons buried in Imperial Rome reveal some were migrants from the Alps or North Africa, according to a study published February 10, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kristina Killgrove from University of West Florida, USA, and Janet Montgomery from Durham University,
UK. Previous work has focused on the overall human migration patterns within the Roman Empire. To understand human migration on a more granular level, the authors of this study examined 105 skeletons buried at two Roman cemeteries during the 1st through 3rd centuries AD.
They analyzed the oxygen, strontium, and carbon isotope ratios in the skeletons’ teeth to determine their geographical origin and diet. Skull of skeleton T15, a 35- to 50-year-old male who was buried in a cemetery in the modern neighborhood of Casal Bertone, Rome, Italy. Isotope ratios suggest he may have been born near the Alps.
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Unknown Species of Humans Found, Made Tools 2.18 Millions Years Ago
Unknown Species of Humans Found, Made Tools 2.18 Millions Years Ago http://bit.ly/1KhiuGL
Two new hominin fossils have been found in a previously uninvestigated chamber in the Sterkfontein Caves, just North West of Johannesburg in South Africa. Specimens from the Homo genus and can be associated with early stone tools dated to 2.18 million years ago.
The two new specimens, a finger bone and a molar, are part of a set of four specimens, which seem to be from early hominins that can be associated with early stone tool-bearing sediments that entered the cave more than two million years ago.
“The specimens are exciting not only because they are associated with early stone tools, but also because they possess a mixture of intriguing features that raise many more questions than they give answers,” says lead researcher Dr Dominic Stratford, a lecturer at the Wits School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental studies, and research coordinator at the Sterkfontein Caves.
The first fossil specimen, which is a very large proximal finger bone, is significantly larger and more robust than any other hand bone of any hominin yet found in South African plio-pleistocene sites.
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‘Overuse of Antibiotics and Other Antimicrobials Threats Rural Livelihoods, Food Security’
The overuse of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents is impacting rural livelihoods and food security, and requires globally coordinated efforts, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on 10 February 2016 said.
Speaking to European ministers of health and agriculture at a conference on antimicrobial resistance in Amsterdam, FAO Deputy Director-General Helena Semedo emphasized that antimicrobial agents foster increasing resistance among the very microbes that cause the infections and disease they were designed to quell, thereby threatening to reverse a century of progress in human and animal health.
“Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat that in this inter-connected world cannot be solved in Europe alone,” Semedo said.
“We have to help save live-saving drugs,” she added.
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“Alarming” Food Security and Malnutrition in Somalia – Report
“Alarming” Food Security and Malnutrition in Somalia – Report
According to a new United Nations food security and nutrition assessment, the situation in Somalia is alarming and could get worse, especially in parts of Puntland and Somaliland, which have been hard hit by drought exacerbated by El Niño.
“We are deeply concerned that the proportion of severely food insecure people remains alarmingly high, especially people who are unable to meet their daily food needs. Some 3.7 million people will be acutely food insecure through mid-2016. With severe drought conditions intensifying in Puntland and Somaliland, many more people risk relapsing into crisis,” on 8 February 2016 said Peter de Clercq, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia.
Produced by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and in collaboration with Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), the report says the situation is critical and could get worse.
This latest assessment confirms persistently high and alarming levels of food insecurity and malnutrition in Somalia, with an estimated 4.7 million people – nearly 40 per cent of the Somali population – in need of humanitarian assistance.
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