 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. | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
 Scientists find 245 million-year-old burrows of land vertebrates in Antarctica June 08, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
Dinosaur diggers bring mobile lab, new techniques to Eastern Montana June 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists who dig dinosaurs in Eastern Montana will now be able to chemically analyze fossils the same day they're excavated and before degrading begins. | |
Men fighting over women? It's nothing new, suggests research June 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Men may usually settle it over a drunken brawl in the pub or perhaps a verbal spat – but new evidence has shown for the first time that fighting over women in prehistoric times could have been worse than that. | |
DNA reveals sister power in Ancient Greece June 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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University of Manchester researchers have revealed how women, as well as men, held positions of power in ancient Greece by right of birth. | |
Burials held at Stonehenge for hundreds of years: research May 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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England's famous Stonehenge monument was used as a burial site from its inception around 3000 BC until well after the massive stones were erected there around 2500 BC, scientists said Thursday. | |
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