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| Tango01 | 21 Dec 2017 9:50 p.m. PST |
…elite rowing crews. "Researchers from the University of Cambridge's Department of Archaeology say this physical prowess was likely obtained through tilling soil and harvesting crops by hand, as well as the grinding of grain for as much as five hours a day to make flour. Until now, bioarchaeological investigations of past behaviour have interpreted women's bones solely through direct comparison to those of men. However, male bones respond to strain in a more visibly dramatic way than female bones. The Cambridge scientists say this has resulted in the systematic underestimation of the nature and scale of the physical demands borne by women in prehistory. "This is the first study to actually compare prehistoric female bones to those of living women," said Dr Alison Macintosh, lead author of the study published today in the journal Science Advances…."
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| Cacique Caribe | 21 Dec 2017 10:08 p.m. PST |
Maybe that's why so many skulls have missing teeth! Dan |
 StoneMtnMinis  | 22 Dec 2017 7:59 a.m. PST |
Aha! They were the prototype of the archetypical M-I-L. |
| Cacique Caribe | 22 Dec 2017 8:14 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 22 Dec 2017 11:38 a.m. PST |
Ha-Ha-Ha…. Amicalement
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