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Britain’s last Neanderthals were more sophisticated than we thought

June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 49 vote(s) | User comments: 4

An archaeological excavation at a site near Pulborough, West Sussex, has thrown remarkable new light on the life of northern Europe’s last Neanderthals. It provides a snapshot of a thriving, developing population – rather ...


Scientists find 245 million-year-old burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica

June 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 24 vote(s) | User comments: 2

For the first time paleontologists have found fossilized burrows of tetrapods – any land vertebrates with four legs or leglike appendages – in Antarctica dating from the Early Triassic epoch, about 245 million ...


Cutting-edge weapons result of prehistoric experimentation

June 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | User comments: 2

In today's fast-paced, technologically advanced world, people often take the innovation of new technology for granted without giving much thought to the trial-and-error experimentation that makes technology ...


New research refutes myth of pure Scandinavian race

June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | User comments: 1

A team of forensic scientists at the University of Copenhagen has studied human remains found in two ancient Danish burial grounds dating back to the iron age, and discovered a man who appears to be of arabian origin. The ...


'Cursus' is older than Stonehenge

June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s) | User comments: 1

Archeologists have come a step closer to solving the 285-year-old riddle of an ancient monument thought to be a precursor to Stonehenge.


Museum confirms discovery of rare fossil

June 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1

(AP) -- Scientists with the Virginia Museum of Natural History have confirmed the discovery of a 500 million-year-old fossil called a stromatolite.