Watching the weather for today and tomorrow is relatively easy with apps and news programs – but knowing what the climate was like in the past is a little more difficult.
Archaeology
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Animals played an important role in prehistoric societies. They were a source of food, raw material, and, sometimes, reverence. Their bones were also used to create tools – for instance, arrowheads. The use of animal bone ...
Archaeology
Sep 6, 2018
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Turtles served as more than tasty treats for many Native American tribes throughout North America.
Archaeology
Sep 5, 2018
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All mines need regular reinforcement against collapse, and Hallstatt, the world's oldest salt mine perched in the Austrian Alps, is no exception.
Archaeology
Aug 24, 2018
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Many Aboriginal Australians would say with conviction that they have always been here. Their ancestors and traditional learnings tell them of this history, and their precise place within it.
Archaeology
Aug 7, 2018
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The remains of domesticated crop plants at an archaeological site in southwest Amazonia supports the idea that this was an important region in the early history of crop cultivation, according to a study published July 25, ...
Archaeology
Jul 25, 2018
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Ancient communities transformed the Amazon thousands of years ago, farming in a way which has had a lasting impact on the rainforest, a major new study shows.
Environment
Jul 23, 2018
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New research provides insights into the extinction of Britain's largest native carnivore.
Ecology
Jul 4, 2018
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Chemical analysis of the remains of rats from archaeological sites spanning the last 2000 years on three Polynesian island systems has shown the impact of humans on local environments. The analysis by an international team ...
Archaeology
Jun 4, 2018
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The Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) has led a new international study published in the journal Quaternary Geochronology, about the direct dating of a fossil tooth of Homo antecessor from ...
Archaeology
May 29, 2018
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