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In what Prof. Barkai describes as a "time capsule," the analysed calculus revealed three major findings: charcoal from indoor fires; evidence for the ingestion of essential plant-based dietary components; and fibers that might have been used to clean teeth or were remnants of raw materials. "Prof. Karen Hardy published outstanding research on the dental calculus of Neanderthals from El Sidron cave in Spain, but these dated back just 40,000-50,000 years—we are talking far earlier than this," said Prof. Barkai. "This is the first evidence that the world's first indoor BBQs had health-related consequences," said Prof. Barkai. "The people who lived...

A member of the Crimean Tatars' self-governing body, the Mejlis, has been beaten by a so-called self-defense group in Crimea. The head of the Mejlis department for external ties, Ali Hamzin, told RFE/RL that unknown individuals in military uniforms stopped Abduraman Egiz in Simferopol on May 6 and demanded identification. Egiz refused to produce his documents, demanding police be present at the site. The men, who called themselves members of the "Crimean self-defense force" attacked Egiz and beat him, and searched his vehicle. When they discovered that Egiz was a member of Mejlis, they let him go. Hamzin says the...

The leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Cemil returned first time after the Russian occupation of the Crimea peninsula. On the way he was greeted by supporters. And over the building of Mejlis, Cemil long led, in honor of his return again raised the flag of Ukraine.

GOOGLE TRANSLATION: Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed concern about the safety and welfare of the Muslim Crimean Tatar community peninsula. "You can not prevent the recurrence of suffering of the Crimean Tatars, who in the XX century expelled from their native Crimean land," - said in a statement the OIC. In the organization noted that it is extremely important that the rights of the Crimean Tatars to citizenship, life, religious and cultural heritage and property were observed. In the OIC are convinced that in the XXI century " constructive dialogue and good neighborly relations should become the norm for...

When somebody from the Herald used to get a job at the Globe, we’d always say he was going to the velvet coffin. Now, I guess it would be more accurate to just describe the money-losing rag as the coffin. The New York Times bought the bible of political correctness 15 years ago for $1.1 billion. And now, according to The Wall Street Journal, the Globe has fallen into the red and it can’t get up. And the pompous, pampered poodles in the newsroom can’t blame their financial meltdown solely on Craigslist, Google, or even George W. Bush. It’s finally...