 Unique fossil discovery shows Antarctic was once much warmer July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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A new fossil discovery- the first of its kind from the whole of the Antarctic continent- provides scientists with new evidence to support the theory that the polar region was once much warmer. | |
Scientists recover complete dinosaur skeleton July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur, a nature museum announced Thursday. | |
 Lost castle solves riddle of Buckton Moor July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A mysterious monument standing on a windswept Lancashire hilltop for nearly a thousand years has been identified as one of England’s most important castles – causing a sensation among archaeologists. | |
 New life given to ancient Egyptian texts stored at Stanford for decades July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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They're torn and faded and have the woven texture of a flattened Triscuit. At first glance, the ancient Egyptian texts look like scraps of garbage. And more than 2,000 years ago, that's exactly what they were—discarded ... | |
 Dino diversity had a long pedigree, says study July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The belief that dinosaurs underwent explosive species diversification just before they were wiped out is an illusion, for the beasts' main evolutionary shifts took place millions of years before, a study says. ... | |
 Ancient Egyptian boat to be excavated, reassembled July 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid and try to reassemble the craft, Egyptologists ... | |
Archaeologists trace early irrigation farming in ancient Yemen July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In the remote desert highlands of southern Yemen, a team of archaeologists have discovered new evidence of ancient transitions from hunting and herding to irrigation agriculture 5,200 years ago. | |
 Was it a bird or was it a plane? July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A new study of extinct flying reptiles called kuehneosaurs, has shown that of the of the two genera found in Britain, Kuehneosuchus was a glider while Kuehneosaurus, with much shorter "wings," was a parachutist. | |
 Y chromosome study sheds light on Athapaskan migration to southwest US July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A large-scale genetic study of native North Americans offers new insights into the migration of a small group of Athapaskan natives from their subarctic home in northwest North America to the southwestern ... | |
Mexico says US soldiers' remains found July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Mexican archaeologists have found the remains of what appear to be four U.S. soldiers who died in 1846 during the Mexican-American war, the government announced on Thursday. | |
 Ancient Rome's she-wolf statue not so ancient? July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(AP) -- She suckled Rome's legendary twin founders and fed Benito Mussolini's ambitious dreams of renewed imperial glories. | |
 Cathedral dig yields finds from 1700s New Orleans July 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The first archaeological dig at one of the nation's oldest cathedrals has turned up a mix of new finds in the heart of the French Quarter. Discoveries behind St. Louis Cathedral include a small silver ... | |
 Art of deception: Crystal skulls in British, US museums were fakes July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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How about this for the next instalment of the Indy franchise: "Indiana Jones and the Dodgy Antiques Dealer"? | |
 Flatfish fossils fill in evolutionary missing link July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Hidden away in museums for more that 100 years, some recently rediscovered flatfish fossils have filled a puzzling gap in the story of evolution and answered a question that initially stumped even Charles ... | |
Tulane University Anthropologist Helps Unravel Mummy Mystery July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Tulane University anthropologist Kit Nelson is the co-director of a National Geographic-sponsored team that is in the process of unraveling a mummy bundle found in Peru's historic Huaura Valley. The mummy is believed to have ... | |
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