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Showing posts with label Archaeology. Show all posts
Friday, October 17, 2025

What Is: Extinction Level Events

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A Chronicle of Earth's Biotic Crises and an Assessment of Future Threats Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Defining Biotic Catastrophe ...

Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old ceremonial site in Jordan

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Dolmen found at Murayghat in Jordan. Photo Credit: Susanne Kerner, University of Copenhagen A research team led by the University of Copenha...
Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Easter Island’s statues actually “walked” – and physics backs it up

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A research team including Binghamton University archaeologist Carl Lipo has confirmed via 3D modeling and field experiments that the ancient...
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Rock art shows earliest known human return to Arabia after the last Ice Age

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Rock art has led scientists to revise the timeline of humans repopulating Saudi deserts. Photo Credit: Sahout Rock Art and Archaeology Proje...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Researchers find the oldest hippopotamus ivory object in the Iberian Peninsula

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The oldest hippopotamus ivory object found in the Iberian Peninsula Photo Credit: University of Barcelona Researchers at the Prehistoric Stu...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Archaeologists find ‘lost’ site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry

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The Bayeux Tapestry, showing King Harold riding to Bosham, where he attends Photo Credit: Courtesy of University of Exeter Archaeologists ha...
Friday, April 5, 2024

Prehistoric henge reveals centuries-old sacred site in Lincolnshire

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An aerial view of the excavation site at Crowland. Photo Credit: The Anchor Church Field Project Archaeologists from Newcastle University ha...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Persian plateau unveiled as crucial hub for early human migration out of Africa

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Pebdeh Cave located in the southern Zagros Mountains. Pebdeh was occupied by hunter-gatherers as early as 42,000 years ago. Photo Credit: Mo...
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Scientists uncover evidence that microplastics are contaminating archaeological remains

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The study identified 16 different microplastic polymer types across both contemporary and archived samples. PHoto Credit: York Archaeology R...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Oxford researchers uncover remarkable archive of ancient human brains

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Fragments of brain from an individual buried in a Victorian workhouse cemetery (Bristol, UK), some 200 years ago. No other soft tissue survi...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Birds have been adapting to human activity for millennia

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Coot nesting on bike on a lake in Copenhagen. Birds and humans also co-inhabited specific environments in our prehistory, new research shows...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

The life of a Stone Age man has been mapped

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Illustration Credit: Niels Bach CC-BY 4.0 Researchers have mapped the life of a Stone Age man in detail. New scientific methods have revolut...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Genetic analysis and archaeological insight combine to reveal the ancient origins of the fallow deer

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Fallow deer Photo Credit:  Nick Fewings Modern populations of fallow deer possess hidden cultural histories dating back to the Roman Empire ...
Friday, December 15, 2023

Deadly chicken disease: ancient DNA reveals evolution of virulence

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With the increase in poultry farming, Marek's disease virus evolved Photo Credit: Heidi-Ann Fourkiller Using genetic analyses, an intern...
Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Plague from Egypt: topos or reality?

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Fortress in Alexandria, Egypt From Alexandria and Pelusium, goods and people traveled from Egypt to the entire Mediterranean region. Did epi...
Monday, October 16, 2023

Early farmers on the Baltic coast bucked New Stone Age trends and incorporated fish into their diets

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Early Neolithic bog pot from Olvig Mose and wooden spoon from Tømmerup in Åmosen, Denmark Photo Credit: Arnold Mikkelsen, The National Museu...
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Researchers identify largest ever solar storm in tree rings

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Artist illustration of events on the sun changing the conditions in Near-Earth space. Suggested imagery from NASA, as recommended by our res...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Grinding tools play key role in food, plant and pigment processing during ‘Green Arabia’

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Evidence of pigment processing at the Jebel Oraf site. Photo Credit: Maria Guagnin and Michael Petraglia A multi-institution study of the us...
Monday, October 2, 2023

Climate and human land use both play roles in Pacific island wildfires past and present

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SMU fire scientist Christopher Roos Photo Credit: Courtesy of  Southern Methodist University It’s long been understood that human settlement...
Friday, September 29, 2023

New study shows signs of early creation of modern human identities

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SapienCE researchers have publiched a new study which provides vital information about how and when we may have started developing modern hu...