Giant flying reptiles preferred to walk May 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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New research into gigantic flying reptiles has found that they weren’t all gull-like predators grabbing fish from the water but that some were strongly adapted for life on the ground. | |
 Archaeologists explore Peruvian mystery May 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Indiana Jones may be flying over the Nazca Lines in Peru in his latest Hollywood adventure, but two British archaeologists have been investigating the enigmatic desert drawings for several years. | |
 A missing link settles debate over the origin of frogs and salamanders May 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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The description of an ancient amphibian that millions of years ago swam in quiet pools and caught mayflies on the surrounding land in Texas has set to rest one of the greatest current controversies in vertebrate ... | |
 Scientists find first dinosaur tracks on Arabian Peninsula May 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Scientists have discovered the first dinosaur tracks on the Arabian Peninsula. In the May 21 issue of the journal PLoS ONE, they report evidence of a large ornithopod dinosaur, as well as a herd of ... | |
 University of Chicago launches first archaeological dig at site of 1893 World's Fair May 19, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A group of undergraduates at the University of Chicago has come in touch with the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, launching the first archaeological dig of the famed Chicago fair site in Jackson Park. | |
Researcher finds El Nino may have been factor in Magellan's Pacific voyage May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A new paper by North Carolina State University archaeologist Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick shows that Ferdinand Magellan’s historic circumnavigation of the globe was likely influenced in large part by unusual weather conditions – ... | |
Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Satellite imagery obtained from NASA will help archeologist Bill Middleton peer into the ancient Mexican past. In a novel archeological application, multi- and hyperspectral data will help build the most accurate and most ... | |
 New evidence from earliest known human settlement in the Americas May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and provides additional support for the theory that one early ... | |
Egyptian elite tombs accessible for all May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A number of elite tombs from Ancient Egypt are now accessible to all thanks to the launch of the Mastabase. The Mastabase is a CD-ROM containing descriptions and hieroglyphic inscriptions of scenes of daily life from 337 ... | |
 X-rays power discoveries at Chicago's Field Museum May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Digital medical imaging and information technology from Carestream Health, Inc., is playing a key role in helping The Field Museum of Chicago discover and analyze secrets hidden within its world-class collections. | |
 New fossil bird found May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Details of a fabulous new fossil bird from the world-famous fossil deposits of Liaoning in China, are published this week in the journal Science in China. Details of the bird's bone structure and feathers ... | |
Historic Italian cave may collapse May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Archaeologists are warning a signature Stone Age cavern in southern Italy, called the Paglicci Cave, is in imminent danger of collapse. | |
Study: Oil painting predated European art April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Oil-based paint likely was used in Afghanistan up to 800 years before it first appeared in European art, a study of cave paintings has found. | |
Tests reveal first cancer victim in Norway April 27, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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DNA and X-ray tests of two bodies dated back to the year 834 have revealed the first case of cancer in the history of Norway, researchers say. | |
 Refining the date of the K/T boundary and the dinosaur extinction April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Berkeley Geochronology Center have pinpointed the date of the dinosaurs' extinction more precisely than ever thanks to refinements to a common ... | |
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