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SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jan 22, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Sep 4, 2007 @ 3:54pm neoform

BBC News -- 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.. Read More