BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 28 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * Time and life cycles reflected in the grinding stones of Europe's earliest Neolithic communities The hand-held grinding tools used to process cereals that the first European Neolithic societies buried in deposits had a high symbolic value for the women who used them, related to time and the cycles of human life, nature and settlements. This is the conclusion that researchers from the UAB have   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 28 -- Brunswick Group, an advisory firm, issued the following news release: * * * Brunswick Group appoints 12 new Partners Brunswick Group is delighted to have promoted twelve internal colleagues to Partner. February 27, 2025 - Brunswick Group, the world's leading critical issues advisory firm, today announced that 12 colleagues have been promoted to Partner. Henry Timms, Chief Executive Officer, said: "The appointment of our new Partners reflects the strength and de  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Feb. 28 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release: * * * City of Alexandria to Host Unveiling of Historic Minnie Howard School Integration Sign During the height of segregation, five young Black students of the Belk and Bradby families integrated the white Minnie Howard Elementary School. A new historic interpretation sign will be unveiled on Saturday, March 8, 2025 which tells this history. Join the City of Alexandria's Department of Historic Alexandri  more

LIVERPOOL, England, Feb. 28 -- The University of Liverpool issued the following news release: * * * Early evidence uncovered for humans making home in rainforests New research shows that humans inhabited rainforests in the present-day Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 150,000 years ago, much earlier than previously thought. Rainforests have generally been considered natural barriers to human habitation. Before this study, the oldest evidence for habitation in African rainforests was around eightee  more