BIRMINGHAM, England, Feb. 24 -- The University of Nottingham issued the following news release: * * * Ancient tooth proteins reveal the history of mass violence at an Iron Age burial site * An international team of experts has helped shed new light on one of the largest prehistoric mass killing events, by studying ancient proteins preserved in human tooth enamel for around 2800 years. Through the detection of specific protein fragments in tooth enamel samples using cutting-edge analytical   more

HELSINKI, Finland, Feb. 24 -- The University of Helsinki issued the following news release: * * * Stone Age deceased dressed in spectacular feather and fur headgear * A recently published examines the microscopic remains of the clothing and burial items dating back roughly 7,000 years. The study focused on the Skateholm I and II cemeteries in Scania, southern Sweden, with a total of 87 graves. In archaeological excavations carried out in the 1980s, objects made of stone as well as animal b  more