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explorator 21.24 October 7, 2018
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Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers!
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EARLY HOMINIDS
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On Neanderthal 'health care practices':

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-neanderthal-healthcare-crucial-survival.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/uoy-nhp100418.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004110042.htm

Neanderthal-like features in 450 000 years bp teeth from Italy:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-neanderthal-like-features-year-old-fossil-teeth.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/p-nfi092618.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003142903.htm

Looking at the teeth of homo antecessor (I don't think this is the same as
the previous):

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-teeth-homo-antecessor-trends-pleistocene.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/p-toh092618.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181003142934.htm

Studying the role of viruses in human evolution:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181004112547.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/suo-mhi092818.php
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/10/04/neanderthals-stopped-humans-wiped-flu/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/neanderthals-breeding-early-humans-diseases-flu-hepatitis-dna-genetics-a8568446.html

More on Neanderthal fine motor skills:

https://cosmosmagazine.com/palaeontology/making-do-at-a-pinch-neanderthal-used-precision-grips-not-power

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AFRICA
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Looking at some 90 000 years bp bone knives from the Dar es-Soltan 1 cave
in Morocco:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-bone-knife-morocco-oldest-specialized.html
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/p-bkf092618.php
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-bone-knife-hints-special-tools-appeared-early-africa
http://www.archaeology.org/news/7014-181004-morocco-bone-knife

Humans apparently delayed the onset of the Sahara Desert by 500 years:

https://phys.org/news/2018-10-humans-onset-sahara-years.html
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ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT
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The Czech mission in Egypt unearthed the tomb of a 5th Dynasty architect
in
Giza:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/huge-tomb-from-fifth-dynasty-discovered-in-giza/
https://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/czech-archaeologists-unearth-egyptian-custodian-of-royal-affairs
https://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/czech-archaeologists-discover-tomb-of-important-egyptian-dignitary
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/02/c_129964873.htm
https://www.albawaba.com/editorchoice/more-dig-finds-giza-bring-light-ancient-times-egypt-1194258

I think we mentioned this pair of sandstone stelae of Seti I and Ptolemy V
from Aswan:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/archeologists-unearth-engraved-tablets-for-king-seti-i-and-king-ptolemy-iv-in-aswan/
http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/58372/Two-ancient-paintings-discovered-at-Temple-of-Kom-Ombo
https://egyptianstreets.com/2018/10/02/two-sandstone-stelae-discovered-in-temple-of-kom-ombo/
https://www.livescience.com/63738-temple-engravings-of-warrior-pharaoh.html
http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2018-10/01/content_64462093.htm
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/01/c_137504563.htm
https://www.newsweek.com/two-ancient-egyptian-artworks-depicting-gods-and-pharaohs-found-unique-temple-1149515
http://www.archaeology.org/news/7003-181001-egypt-komombo-temple

Two brothers were killed during an illegal excavation in Sohag:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/two-brothers-killed-during-illegal-excavation-for-antiquities-in-sohag/

Zahi Hawass announced he was going to announce something:

https://www.egyptindependent.com/zahi-hawass-says-to-announce-great-archaeological-discovery/

They're finding all sorts of things every day in Egypt:

http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/58534/Archeological-discovery-revealed-%E2%80%9Cevery-week-every-day-in-some-cases%E2%80%9D

Analyzing proteins in pottery from Catal Hoyuk:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/mpif-coe100118.php
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-cuisine-early-farmers-revealed-analysis.html

Not sure where to put this one on a 3000 years bp 'juglet' from Cyprus
with
traces of opium poppy in it: