Wednesday, 26 June 2019

The water future of Earth's 'third pole'

Himalaya. Karakoram. Hindu Kush. The names of Asia's high mountain ranges conjure up adventure to those living far away, but for more than a billion people, these are the names of their most reliable water source.

* This article was originally published here

Neanderthals made repeated use of the ancient settlement of 'Ein Qashish, Israel

The archaeological site of 'Ein Qashish in northern Israel was a place of repeated Neanderthal occupation and use during the Middle Paleolithic, according to a study released June 26, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ravid Ekshtain of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and colleagues.

* This article was originally published here