News tagged with prehistoric paintings
Ancient DNA provides new insights into cave paintings of horses
An international team of researchers has used ancient DNA to shed new light on the realism of horses depicted in prehistoric cave paintings.
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Controversy over reopening the 'Sistine Chapel' of Stone Age art
Plans to reopen Spain's Altamira caves are stirring controversy over the possibility that tourists' visits will further damage the 20,000-year old wall paintings that changed views about the intellectual ability of prehistoric ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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New technology for dating ancient rock paintings
A new dating method finally is allowing archaeologists to incorporate rock paintings — some of the most mysterious and personalized remnants of ancient cultures — into the tapestry of evidence used to study life in prehistoric ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Mould problem "stable" at Lascaux cave
The problem of black fungus threatening world-famous prehistoric paintings at the Lascaux Cave in southwestern France is "stable," a scientist said on Thursday.
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall
(AP) -- Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 22, 2012 |
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Egg Cetera #6: Hunting for the world's oldest decorated eggs
In the final report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, archaeologist Brian Stewart investigates a remarkable technological leap for early mankind – the use of ostrich eggshells as water carriers.
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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Fossil moths reveal their true colors
Moths dead for 47 million years are again showing their true colors. For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the colors of an ancient fossil moth. The findings detailed not just a few spots of color, ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Pigment patterns from the prehistoric past: X-ray technique reveals fossil pigmentation
(PhysOrg.com) -- Publishing their findings in Science, the researchers have been able to show a remarkable relationship between copper and pigment within exceptionally preserved feathers and other soft tissue ...
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Jun 30, 2011 |
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Lascaux's 18,000 year-old cave art under threat
They call her the Old Lady, for she is some 18,000 years old and frail, which is why she is protected by steel doors, security cameras and the gentlest nurturing the 21st century has to offer.
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Jun 23, 2011 |
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32,000 years of special effects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Werner Herzog’s new film, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, tells the story of the ancient creation and modern discovery of the stunning rock-art of the Chauvet cave in the Ardèche Valley, south-east France ...
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Apr 05, 2011 |
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When human ancestors evolved in prehistoric Africa, rodents were abundant, diverse
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rodents get a bad rap as vermin and pests because they seem to thrive everywhere. They have been one of the most common mammals in Africa for the past 50 million years.
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Dec 21, 2010 |
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Calif. utility stumbles on 1.4M years old fossils
(AP) -- A utility company preparing to build a new substation in an arid canyon southeast of Los Angeles has stumbled on a trove of animal fossils dating back 1.4 million years that researchers say will fill in blanks in ...
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Sep 21, 2010 |
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New research will unravel Arizona's prehistoric puzzle of the Hohokam ceramic industry
Can a manufacturing industry purr along without a class system of managers and workers? That's part of a longtime mystery that may soon be solved: How did a prehistoric, egalitarian people called the Hohokam produce large ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Ancient cave paintings found in Romania
Romanian experts have discovered the most ancient cave paintings found to date in Central Europe, aged up to 35,000 years old, Romanian and French scientists said Sunday.
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Jun 13, 2010 |
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