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Carles Lalueza-Fox -- author profile on ZME Science
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (127+ words) Carles Lalueza-Fox is a leading research expert on the retrieval and analysis of ancient genomes, including extinct hominins, past human populations, and pathogens. He is Director of the Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona and the author of several books, including…...
Our Extinct Neanderthal Relatives Could Offer the Next Generation of Antibiotics
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (7+ words) It's like Jurassic Park, only with antibiotics....
Hunters in South Africa Were Using Complex Poison Arrows 60,000 Years Ago
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (528+ words) Home → Science → Anthropology New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago. Picture a hunt in Pleistocene South Africa, roughly 60,000 years ago. The weapon is a delicate bow launching a tiny,…...
Leeches weren't always bloodsucking fiends like today. They used to swallow their prey whole
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (543+ words) The oldest leech fossil revrites evolution. Leeches are some of the most hated creatures in the world, even though most people rarely (if ever) see one. We even use the word as an insult. A leech is a parasite, someone…...
The Billion Dollar Drug Discovered on Easter Island Hides a Troubling History
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (631+ words) Cancer. Diabetes. Aging itself. Rapamycin’s potential to treat an array of diseases has been a source of scientific fascination. But many aren’t aware of its origins – and its complicated legacy. An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar…...
Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (681+ words) Evidence suggests Neanderthals knew some plants could help them and birch tar seems to be on that list. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000 years ago, even a small cut could be deadly. Without sterile bandages or antibiotics, a wound…...
Could Yeast Help Build 3D-Printed Habitats on Mars? Scientists Are Testing the Recipe
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (546+ words) A yeast-based material turns Mars’s hostile environment into part of the construction process....
Scientists Found a Real Mummy’s Curse Hiding in the Online Trade in Human Remains – ZME Science
1+ week, 5+ day ago (984+ words) Online sales of mummified remains may expose buyers, sellers and postal workers to hidden hazards. Disturb the dead and disaster may follow. Such is the pharaohs’ curse, the old legend that opening a tomb or handling a mummy could bring…...
A Single Mutation Made Horses Rideable and Changed Human History
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (123+ words) Ancient DNA reveals how a single mutation reshaped both horses and human history....
Roman Doctors Used Human Feces as Medicine and Now We Have Chemical Proof
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (574+ words) Chemical traces show Romans mixed human feces with thyme for treatment. In the storage rooms of a museum in western Turkey, an archaeologist noticed an unexpected residue inside a small Roman glass vessel. Dark-brown flakes still clung to the interior....