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Bizarre 1.5 million-year-old discovery may be earliest proof of cannibalism

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Bizarre 1.5 million-year-old discovery may be earliest proof of cannibalism

Eat the Flintstones? Cannibalism has been practiced long before Jeffrey Dahmer or even the Aztecs were having old friends for dinner. Mysterious marks on the bone of a human ancestor suggest that we could’ve been eating each other as early as 1.5 million years ago, per a gruesome study published in the journal “Scientific Reports.” … Read more

Earliest recorded kiss may date back 1,000 years earlier than estimated

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Earliest recorded kiss may date back 1,000 years earlier than estimated

Mesopotamians kissed — and scientists are finally telling. New research suggests humans kissed each other on the lips 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers at Oxford University and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark recently analyzed written sources from early Mesopotamian societies, which led them to propose humanity’s earliest recorded kiss took place 4,500 … Read more