News tagged with pleistocene period

Research reveals first evidence of hunting by prehistoric Ohioans

Cut marks found on Ice Age bones indicate that humans in Ohio hunted or scavenged animal meat earlier than previously known. Dr. Brian Redmond, curator of archaeology at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, was lead author ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Humans and climate contributed to extinctions of large ice-age mammals, study finds

the woolly rhinoceros, woolly mammoth, wild horse, reindeer, bison, and musk ox -- is the subject of a study by an international group of scientists investigating how climate fluctuations and human activity ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Climate in the past million years determined greatly by dust in the Southern Ocean

A group of scientists led by researchers from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) has quantified dust and iron fluxes deposited in the Antarctic Ocean during ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Scientists stumble on ancient Timor rock art

Scientists hunting for fossils of giant rats in East Timor stumbled on unique rock carvings up to 12,000 years old, Australia's research agency said.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Unearthed tools rewrite saga of human migration

Early humans migrating out of Africa adapted to freezing climes more than 800,000 years ago, far sooner than previously thought possible, according to a landmark study released Wednesday.

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created Jul 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (15) | comments 55

Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans

(AP) -- Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday.

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