Human ancestors may have sailed across the Aegean Sea
A team of researchers at the University of Patras's, OCEANUS- Lab has found evidence suggesting that early human ancestors (extinct hominids) may have sailed across the Aegean Sea.
Quaternary International is the official journal of the International Union for Quaternary Research. The objectives are to publish a high quality scientific journal under the auspices of the premier Quaternary association that reflects the interdisciplinary nature of INQUA and records recent advances in Quaternary science that appeal to a wide audience.
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Quaternary International
2,700-year-old leather armor proves technology transfer happened in antiquity
Researchers at the University of Zurich have investigated a unique leather scale armor found in the tomb of a horse rider in Northwest China. Design and construction details of the armor indicate that it originated in the ...
Archaeology
Dec 8, 2021
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Prehistoric bone etchings believed to be among oldest evidence of human use of symbols
While scientists and historians have long surmised that etchings on stones and bones have been used as a form of symbolism dating back as early as the Middle Paleolithic period (250,000-45,000 BCE), findings to support that ...
Archaeology
Feb 3, 2021
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Newly discovered Amazon rock art show the rainforest's earliest inhabitants living with giant Ice Age animals
Amazonian rock art newly discovered by researchers provides further proof the rainforest's earliest inhabitants lived alongside now-extinct giant Ice Age animals.
Archaeology
Dec 1, 2020
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Rare 8,000 year old child burial reveals secrets of the dead
ANU Archeologists have discovered a rare child burial dating back 8,000 years on Alor Island, Indonesia.
Archaeology
Nov 3, 2020
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New dating results for two Lower Palaeolithic sites in France
A study published in the journal Quaternary International, led by Dr. Mathieu Duval, Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), dates two Lower Paleolithic ...
Archaeology
Oct 19, 2020
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The temporal lobes of Homo erectus were proportionally smaller than in H. sapiens
Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has participated in a study published in the journal Quaternary International, on the anatomy of the temporal ...
Archaeology
Sep 8, 2020
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Fossils reveal diversity of animal species roaming Europe 2 million years ago
A re-analysis of fossils from one of Europe's most significant paleontological sites reveals a wide diversity of animal species, including a large terrestrial monkey, short-necked giraffe, rhinos and saber-toothed cats.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 24, 2020
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Ocean features and changes in the past are explored to anticipate future climate
The climate represents the set of atmospheric conditions that characterize a region. Yet these conditions are the result of global interaction between dry land, vegetation, ice, atmosphere, and ocean. "Bearing in mind that ...
Environment
Jul 27, 2020
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The geological record of mud deposits
The nature of the sediments on the Basque continental shelf is very heterogeneous. From the point of view of distribution, two clearly differentiated sectors can be picked out in terms of grain size. "In the area of Bizkaia ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2020
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