en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/east/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/first_farmers_made_lucky_beads/ Some of the first farmers in the Near East probably used green beads as amulets to protect themselves and their crops, a study suggests. The authors of the research suggest that early agriculturalists attached special importance to this colour. Bead news science 2008-06-18 08:18:02 http://www.newsique.com/science/first_farmers_made_lucky_beads/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7457755.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/first_farmers_made_lucky_beads/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/refugee_link_to_wildlife_decline/ Conservation groups say they have found an unusual threat to East Africa's wildlife - hunting by hungry refugees. A report from the wildlife trade monitoring body Traffic says wild meat is covertly traded, cooked and consumed in Tanzanian refugee camps news science 2008-01-22 08:14:00 http://www.newsique.com/science/refugee_link_to_wildlife_decline/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7201603.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/refugee_link_to_wildlife_decline/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/pig_dna_reveals_farming_history/ The first domesticated pigs in Europe were introduced from the Middle East by Stone Age farmers, a new study shows. The international research project examined DNA in the jawbones or teeth of modern and 7,000-year-old pigs. The genetic investigation news science 2007-09-04 15:54:32 http://www.newsique.com/science/pig_dna_reveals_farming_history/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6978203.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/pig_dna_reveals_farming_history/#comments