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His Y chromosome was traced back to the Middle East, possibly an indication of a Jewish ancestor among the many escaping persecution in Portugal and Spain some 500 years ago.
BBC: The BBC project analysed the DNA of nine famous Brazilians
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The researchers determined that the jawbone came from a man aged between 24 and 30 years who lived some 6, 500 years ago.
UNESCO: Basic Sciences
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The academics suggested that Stonehenge was built about 200 years earlier than previously thought, some 4, 500 years ago.
BBC: Stonehenge builders travelled from far, say researchers
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Here it is thought the team will come across areas where Bronze Age people lived, farmed and hunted some 3, 500 years ago.
BBC: Crossrail dig unearths forgotten London
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About 5, 500 years ago, some Phoenicians cooking dinner in the desert found that heat turned sand into glass.
FORBES: No. 17: The Telescope
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Thus even 2, 500 years ago, cats had convinced some humans to carry them around, while thumbing their little noses at other humans who dared not raise a hand to them.
FORBES: Rocket-Propelled Cats and Other Feline Weapons of War
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Some 7, 000 clinical trials are underway, up from 4, 500 ten years ago.
FORBES: Magazine Article
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Over 1, 500 minerals are thought to have formed on Earth before the beginnings of life some four billion years ago.
ECONOMIST: Minerals