Donkeys served man in 3,000BC: Donkeys may first have been domesticated in ancient Egypt around 3,000BC, research suggests. A study of 10 donkey skeletons found near a pharoah’s tomb has found that the animals were in the early phases of domestication. [Times]
Ancient Bones of Small Humans Discovered in Palau: Thousands of human bones belonging to numerous individuals have been discovered in the Pacific island nation of Palau. Some of the bones are ancient and indicate inhabitants of particularly small size, scientists announced today. The remains are between 900 and 2,900 years old and align with Homo sapiens, according to a paper on the discovery. However, the older bones are tiny and exhibit several traits considered primitive, or archaic, for the human lineage. [National Geographic]
Stone age bones and axes found off Norfolk coast: The weapons of the stone age Norfolk men who hunted mammoths on what is now the bed of the North Sea, and fragments of the beasts they slaughtered, have turned up in Holland, spotted by an amateur archaeologist in a load of gravel. [Guardian]
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