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New Theory of Smallest Human: Not a Hunter, But Eater of Lizard Leftovers

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By Ruth Schuster Verified
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Who exactly was Homo floresiensis, the strange miniature hominins that once lived on the Indonesian island of Flores? From whom did these humans, the smallest to ever exist, descend? The riddle of their origin has been driving archaeologists crazy since their fossil remains were discovered in 2003. Initially, they were assumed to have descended from modern humans who reached the Sahel say 60,000 years ago and experienced radical island dwarfism.
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EU Funding Huge Project on the Origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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By Ruth Schuster Verified
| Haaretz Verified
The Dead Sea Scrolls are the earliest known versions of biblical texts as well as several apocryphal and apocalyptic ones. They have naturally captivated the world since their discovery began in 1947. Nearly a century has passed since the first scrolls were found in the Qumran Caves reportedly by a Bedouin shepherd looking for a missing sheep. Ever since, scholars have been poring over them for decades.
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Prehistoric Transition: A Newly Revealed Cave in Israel May Reveal Secrets of Early Neanderthals

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By Ruth Schuster Verified
| Haaretz Verified
Much of Israel is semi-arid, but the cave recently revealed to the public on a stony hillside at Fureidis, just north of Caesarea, is in the Mediterranean climate zone. Today this Paleolithic site is on the outskirts of a bustling town. Those aren't butterflies frisking in the breeze but microplastics, yet the attraction to the hominins – a broad term for early and later human species – thronging the Carmel range around 400,000 to 250,000 years ago is clear.
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