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Could Neandertals hear things we can’t? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150327091845.htm

It’s tempting to think that Neanderthals may have had the ability to hear things modern humans cannot…or vice-versa.  Can we hear things they could not?  Time will tell…  Read  more at:   Neandertal ear boneshttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150327091845.htm

Sharia Law in Indiana? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/03/next-we-muslims-bring-sharia-to-indiana.html

No matter where you stand on this issue, there are vast cultural implications for the wave of new religious freedom laws.  Ask yourself, “Is religious freedom ever bad?”

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Medieval Cemetery… http://www.archaeology.org/news/3134-150401-cambridge-medieval-cemetery

It’s interesting that no pregnant women or infants were found in the cemetery.  Even though medieval male religious orders rarely treated women, because it was considered indecent, we’d expect a few to be found in most cemeteries dating to this period.  Dying in childbirth, and infant mortality were very high…Cambridge-Cemetery

Lucy and Little Foot. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/little-foot-lucy-two-pre-human-species-co-existed-scientists-n333656

We were actually lucky enough to see Little Foot in situ in the breccia in South Africa.  This is a fascinating article.  Advances in technology give archaeologists the ability to learn new things from old finds.  It’s always exciting…

 

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