Italian archaeologists have uncovered the fossilized remains of nine Neanderthals in a cave near Rome, shedding new light on how the Italian peninsula was populated and under what environmental conditions.
Archaeology
May 8, 2021
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Ever wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a dark cave for 40 days?
Other
Apr 24, 2021
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Genetic sequencing of human remains dating back 45,000 years has revealed a previously unknown migration into Europe and showed intermixing with Neanderthals in that period was more common than previously thought.
Archaeology
Apr 7, 2021
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In an experiment to understand better how ancient artifacts are altered by the sediment in which they are buried for thousands of years, Australian archaeological scientists buried bones, stones, charcoal and other items ...
Archaeology
Apr 6, 2021
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An international team of scientists led by Gina Moseley from the Department of Geology at the University of Innsbruck presents the very first analysis of sediments from a cave in northeast Greenland, that cover a time period ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 31, 2021
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Geologists from the University of Innsbruck unexpectedly found mineral deposits in former ice caves in the Austrian Alps dating back to the peak of the last ice age. These special calcite crystals demonstrate that intensive ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 23, 2021
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Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago.
Archaeology
Mar 16, 2021
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Together with a group of international colleagues, a research team from the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen studied the beginnings of the domestication of wolves ...
Evolution
Mar 4, 2021
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A lone cranium in an Italian cave wound up there after being washed away from its original burial site, according to a study published March 3, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Maria Giovanna Belcastro of the University ...
Archaeology
Mar 3, 2021
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Scientists have discovered a previously unknown breeding site used by the world's rarest seal species.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2021
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