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Fossil and Archaeology News - April 2008 Archives
A 2000-year-old mystery in the form of a large golden earring
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 | Logs found four feet under current road tell us about early travel in the eastern U.S. ...> Full Article |
 | T. rex -> bird relationship derived exclusively from collagen protein sequence data ...> Full Article |
 | Scientists investigating the reasons why early humans - the so-called hominins - began walking upright say it's unlikely that the need to carry children was a factor, as has previously been suggested. ...> Full Article |
 | Cave in Afghanistan shows oldest use of oil based painting. ...> Full Article |
Very few textiles from the Mayan culture have survived, so the treasure trove of fabrics excavated from a tomb at the Copán ruins in Honduras since the 1990s has generated considerable excitement.
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 | Found southeastern Mexico, crab are the oldest fossils with over-size claw on record and represent a new species ...> Full Article |
 | Nearly every town and village in Britain was once a stomping ground for dinosaurs, a surprisingly high number of which may have originated here in the country which first discovered them, according to the first major review of Britain's dinosaur history. ...> Full Article |
 | An ancient relative of today's elephants lived in water, a team of scientist has found. ...> Full Article |
 | Study has revealed how komodo dragon can be such an efficient killing machine despite having a wimpy bite and a featherweight skull ...> Full Article |
Book documents not only what happened 251 million years ago, but also the recent rekindling of the idea of catastrophism
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 | A nationwide survey on China's paleo-anthropological sites and resources was officially launched recently ...> Full Article |
 | Archaeologist is following tool migration to learn how humans migrated throughout the world ...> Full Article |
Archaeologists working on a site in the Bristol Docks have discovered what is thought to be the first ever substantial use of Portland cement in the construction of a major building. The building was designed in 1839 by the great Victorian engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, to house the machinery to fabricate the world's first screw-propelled iron ship, the ss Great Britain.
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 | By studying monumental Maya stone sculptures from the fifth through eighth centuries in Mexico and Central America, anthropologist looks for clues to how civilizations put their own spin on the past for religious, political or other reasons ...> Full Article |
An archaeological dig in Cambridge has uncovered surprising ancient remains and the foundations of the world's largest telescope of the late Victorian era.
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 | Researcher uncovers the earliest gold jewelry dating back 4,000 years ...> Full Article |
Recent findings by a Russian-American research team suggest that prehistoric cultures were hunting whales at least 3,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than was previously known
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 | Researcher has confirmed that dome-headed dinosaurs called pachycephalosaurs could collide with each other during courtship combat ...> Full Article |
Assyrians knew value of location
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 | Paleontologists have found the presence of 356 animal inclusions in completely opaque amber from mid-Cretaceous sites of Charentes (France). The team used the X-rays of the European light source to image two kilogrammes of the fossil tree resin with a technique that allows rapid survey of large amounts of opaque amber. At present this is the only way to discover inclusions in fully opaque amber. ...> Full Article |
 | One of the most mysterious creatures that ever walked the earth was Neandertal, a prehistoric human-like being who first appeared about 230,000 years ago in Europe. Scientists have been debating since the first remains were found in 1856: Was he one of us or a separate species? ...> Full Article |
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Scientists locate apparent hydrothermal vents off Antarctica
Mars Express heading for closest flyby of Phobos
Artificial bee silk a big step closer to reality
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New fiber nanogenerators could lead to electric clothing
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Scientists discover quantum fingerprints of chaos
Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less
Dinosaurs might be older than previously thought
Recently analyzed fossil was not human ancestor as claimed, anthropologists say
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Tiny shelled creatures shed light on extinction and recovery 65 million years ago
New dinosaur rears its head
New dinosaur discovered head first, for a change
Archaeologist discovers Jerusalem city wall from tenth century B.C.E.
Pitt-led study debunks millennia-old claims of systematic infant sacrifice in ancient Carthage
What was that? Unraveling a 400-million-year-old mystery
Queen's helps produce archaeological 'time machine'
Scientists complete color palette of a dinosaur for the first time
Ancient remains put teeth into Barker hypothesis