Washington's boyhood home found, but no hatchet July 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- The archaeologists were delighted to at last find the remains of George Washington's boyhood home but got stumped when they looked for evidence of the cherry tree and rusty hatchet. | |
 Archaeologists find silos and administration center from early Egyptian city July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A University of Chicago expedition at Tell Edfu in southern Egypt has unearthed a large administration building and silos that provide fresh clues about the emergence of urban life. | |
 Researchers make noises of pre-Columbian society June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand. But no one blew into the noisemakers for nearly 15 years. ... | |
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. | |
Fossil of most primitive 4-legged creature found June 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Scientists unearthed a skull of the most primitive four-legged creature in Earth's history, which should help them better understand the evolution of fish to advanced animals that walk on land. | |
Britain’s last Neanderthals were more sophisticated than we thought June 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
 Mexico recovers 929 pre-Columbian pieces June 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Mexico recovered more than 900 pre-Columbian artifacts seized from smugglers in the U.S. and Canada, including 800-year-old fiber sandals, spears and hunting bows looted from nomadic caves, officials ... | |
Ancient fort opens new chapter in First Nations' history June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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University of Calgary archaeologists join the Blackfoot in studying unusual woodland-style settlement on Canadian plains
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 Lake sediments help scientists trace 7,000 years of mining, metal use in China June 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new geochemical study illuminates 7,000 years of mining and metal use in central China and links these trends to fluctuations in airborne pollution during the Bronze Age and other military and industrial ... | |
 Mysterious mountain dino may be a new species June 12, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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A partial dinosaur skeleton unearthed in 1971 from a remote British Columbia site is the first ever found in Canadian mountains and may represent a new species, according to a recent examination by a University ... | |
 Researchers find an Australian dinosaur with South American heritage June 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces. | |
 Cutting-edge weapons result of prehistoric experimentation June 10, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
 'Cursus' is older than Stonehenge June 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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Archeologists have come a step closer to solving the 285-year-old riddle of an ancient monument thought to be a precursor to Stonehenge. | |
Uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial to walk the Earth June 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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University of Queensland research is uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth – the 2.5 tonne wombat-like Diprotodon. | |
New research refutes myth of pure Scandinavian race June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
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