 Possible Shakespearean theater found in London August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The theater where "The Merchant of Venice" and "Romeo and Juliet" likely debuted and where William Shakespeare himself may have trodden the boards has likely been discovered in east London, archaeologists ... | |
Rock art marks transformations in traditional Peruvian societies August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Peru is one of the Latin American countries, like Argentina and Brazil, where rock art is thought to have developed throughout a period stretching from 10,000 BC to 1500 AD. The wealth and diversity of the series of pictorial ... | |
 Ancient big cat fossils found in South America August 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Venezuela has found the first fossils of an extinct scimitar cat -- of the saber-toothed cat genus -- in South America, during oil prospecting activities southeast of Caracas, paleontologists announced. | |
 Research reveals the origins of chooks August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The question of whether the egg or the chicken came first may not have been solved, but University of Queensland research is helping find how the humble chook moved around the world. | |
 Professor Examines the Effects of Climate Change on Civilizations August 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Global warming is currently one the world's most pressing issues, but the phenomenon of climate change is not specific to the 21st century. A new book by anthropologist Brian Fagan takes a look at the global ... | |
 Austrians fete voluptuous, prehistoric Venus August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- It's Venusmania in Vienna, where Austrians are celebrating the discovery 100 years ago Thursday of a tiny but voluptuous figurine that dates back 25,000 years to a time when mammoths roamed the region. | |
 Anropologist explores plausibility of bulbs and tubers in the diet of early human ancestors 24 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It was a dirty job, but somebody had to do it. Anthropologist Nathaniel J. Dominy of the University of California, Santa Cruz, has advanced the investigation of the diet of early human ancestors ... | |
 DNA tests to study mummy fetuses in King Tut tomb August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority ... | |
Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman, and that their technique, reported today ... | |
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