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A fiery past sheds new light on the future of global climate change

Posted: 28 May 2021 12:25 PM PDT

Centuries-old smoke particles preserved in the ice reveal a fiery past in the Southern Hemisphere and shed new light on the future impacts of global climate change.

Jebel Sahaba: A succession of violence rather than a prehistoric war

Posted: 27 May 2021 08:25 AM PDT

Since the 1960s, the Jebel Sahaba cemetery (Nile Valley, present-day Sudan) has become the emblem of organised warfare during prehistory. Re-analysis of the data, however, argues for a succession of smaller conflicts. Competition for resources is probably one of the causes of the conflicts witnessed in this cemetery.