French Dating: Neanderthal extinction was later than first thought
Research has established that Neanderthals and modern Homo sapiens coexisted in western Europe for at least 10,000 years.As familiar as Neanderthals may seem, with their robust bodies, stooped shoulders and beetle brows, their place in human evolution and their fate remain deep mysteries. Like modern humans, Neanderthals were presumably descendants of archaic Homo sapiens, but evolved into a distinct branch of the human family over several hundred thousand years, living in relative...
French Dating: CAVES SHED NEW LIGHT ON ENIGMATIC NEANDERTHALS
As familiar as Neanderthals may seem, with their robust bodies, stooped shoulders and beetle brows, the very image of the extinct cave dwellers of popular lore, their place in human evolution and their fate remain deep mysteries.Like modern humans, Neanderthals were presumably descendants of archaic Homo sapiens but evolved into a distinct branch of the human family over several hundred thousand years, living in relative isolation in Europe and parts of the Middle East. Their brains were...
French Dating: VALUE JUDGMENT
The moment comes just at the end. There's a breathless pause and then -- perhaps -- the appraiser smiles. "I would say this Tiffany lamp is worth $30,000 to $40,000." And the owner looks stunned, shocked and pleased all at once. Moments like these are what viewers of the wildly popular "Antiques Roadshow" on PBS live for: The instant when a treasured object is validated, or a former piece of junk is elevated to prize status....
French Dating: Em Thuy regains bloom of youth,
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Conservator Caroline Fry came back from Vietnam in glory, writes Megan Backhouse. She sits there, slight and still and, no doubt, marking time. Her name is Em Thuy and she is forever eight-years-old in the eyes of the Vietnamese - though she is almost 70, given her now iconic portrait was painted in 1943. The picture is one of Vietnam's most famous artworks, but that hasn't been enough to protect it from the sorry effects of ageing. Hanoi's tropical climate...