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The largest haul of Viking treasure ever found in Britain has been unearthed in Scotland by metal detector enthusiast; it contains some historically unique artefacts like an early Christian cross (9th – 10th c), the largest silver pot from the Carolingian dynasty and a hundred more.Viking Hoard
About early Christianity, a glass plate found in Spain shows a very different ChristBeardless Jesus
Devolution; now try to understand this …http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29384777
I would say that adaptation is temporary (a solution to a given situation) but evolution is on the long term scale (genes) with “no-return” option.
That's not just only about your stomach but also about your intestine flora which didn't have time to adapt to local bacterial flora. I'm sure that after a while you would be able to drink that water as well.
About experimental archaeology, last year Ig Noble award was won by:ARCHAEOLOGY PRIZE: Brian Crandall [USA] and Peter Stahl [CANADA, USA], for parboiling a dead shrew, and then swallowing the shrew without chewing, and then carefully examining everything excreted during subsequent days — all so they could see which bones would dissolve inside the human digestive system, and which bones would not. REFERENCE: "Human Digestive Effects on a Micromammalian Skeleton," Peter W. Stahl and Brian D. Crandall, Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 22, November 1995, pp. 789–97. Here is the full list of the 2014 winners : Improbable ResearchAs they say: achievements that first make people laugh, and then makes them think
The discovery of an enormous tomb in northern Greece, dating to the time of Alexander the Great of Macedonia is in progress.The structure dates back to the late 4th Century BC and is 500m wide; with its 2 caryatids and sphynx, lot of speculations regarding the identity of the tomb's occupant is underway.So who can that be? Amphipolis tomb
Agree with you, Scout however it's not the Walloons who would call for a referendum but the Flemish: the north (Flanders) being much wealthier than the south (Wallonia).
I don't think the “Yes” for independence will prevail. Even the French are laughing at this idea (see below: from a satyrical website)What would be the real advantages for such an independence today? I don't see any.UK is a democracy, are the Scots suffering prejudice from London? Once independence would be gained, what next? A better life for all? In Belgium we have the same kind of problem between a wealthy North (Flemish) and poorer South (Wallonia) mainly due to economic factors. Independence can bring some self satisfaction first but on the long term, is this really an asset when you consider the political context? Is Scotland suffering about prejudice like the 13 colonies from a remote continent during the 18th century? Let's be seriousWait and see but good luck if independence will prevail.Auld Alliance
After London in 2013, today in Wuppertal, Germany, 2014Sharia polizei
Nota BeneIn my replies, it was not my intention to dismiss or disregard opinions or expertises from anyone.If my statements have been hurting or upsetting someone, I present my apologies
The above link is dead however here is a 2002 BBC documentary about CaralAccording to that documentary all the different anthropologists or archaeologists have some theories about the reasons of the first civilisations (from “simple life” to cities): some pretend it's warfare, others think it's trade. In a nutshell, they don't know; theories only.About the time for that city, Carbon14 analysis seems to confirm Caral as the oldest city of the New world so far (2,627 BC)The Lost Pyramids of Caral (BBC Learning)
