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Newcomer in early eurafrican population? (7/5/2008)

Newcomer in early eurafrican population?A complete mandible of Homo erectus was discovered at the Thomas I quarry in Casablanca ...> Full Article


Britain's last Neanderthals were more sophisticated than we thought (6/25/2008)

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 than communities on the verge of extinction. ...> Full Article



'Cursus' is older than Stonehenge (6/12/2008)

'Cursus' is older than StonehengeArcheologists have come a step closer to solving the 285-year-old riddle of an ancient monument thought to be a precursor to Stonehenge. ...> Full Article



Leicestershire burial mounds reveal ancestral insights (6/12/2008)

Leicestershire burial mounds reveal ancestral insightsExcavation shows how ancient cemetery was reused by successive communities ...> Full Article


Men fighting over women? It's nothing new, suggests research (6/3/2008)

New researchers suggests that neighbouring tribes from prehistoric times were prepared to brutally kill their male rivals to secure their women. ...> Full Article



Dates for stonehenge burials signify long use as cemetery (6/2/2008)

Dates for stonehenge burials signify long use as cemeteryExcavations Turn Up Vivid Remains of Stone Age Life ...> Full Article



Researchers identify where fish eaten during the Middle Ages were caught (5/6/2008)

Researchers identify where fish eaten during the Middle Ages were caughtThe humble cod may be about to have its biggest impact on history since sparking "war" with Iceland in 1972. ...> Full Article



Britain is the original Jurassic park (4/17/2008)

Britain is the original Jurassic parkNearly 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


Archaeological finds on Observatory site (4/6/2008)

An archaeological dig in Cambridge has uncovered surprising ancient remains and the foundations of the world's largest telescope of the late Victorian era. ...> Full Article


Researchers find oldest European human fossil (3/31/2008)

Researchers find oldest European human fossilScientists classify fossil as last known ancestor of humans and Neanderthals ...> Full Article


Evidence of Ice Age hunters found below North Sea (3/15/2008)

Evidence of Ice Age hunters found below North SeaAn amazing collection of 28 flint hand-axes, dated by archaeologists to be around 100,000 years-old, have been unearthed in gravel from a licensed marine aggregate dredging area 13km off Great Yarmouth. ...> Full Article


Classics professor exploring a 'lost' city of the Mycenaeans (3/14/2008)

Classics professor exploring a 'lost' city of the MycenaeansAlong an isolated, rocky stretch of Greek shoreline, a Florida State University researcher and his students are unlocking the secrets of a partially submerged, "lost" harbor town believed to have been built by the ancient Mycenaeans nearly 3,500 years ago. ...> Full Article


Vikings did not dress the way we thought (2/27/2008)

Vikings did not dress the way we thoughtVivid colors, flowing silk ribbons, and glittering bits of mirrors - the Vikings dressed with considerably more panache than we previously thought. The men were especially vain, and the women dressed provocatively, but with the advent of Christianity, fashions changed, according to Swedish archeologist Annika Larsson. ...> Full Article


Ancient tooth provides evidence of Neanderthal movement (2/17/2008)

Ancient tooth provides evidence of Neanderthal movementA 40,000-year-old tooth has provided the first direct proof that Neanderthals moved from place to place in their lifetimes. ...> Full Article


Nuclear 'Eye' Reveals That Napoleon Was Not Poisoned, Although Arsenic Levels High At That Time (2/12/2008)

Nuclear 'Eye' Reveals That Napoleon Was Not Poisoned, Although Arsenic Levels High At That TimeArsenic poisoning did not kill Napoleon in Saint Helena, as affirmed by a new meticulous examination performed at the laboratories of the Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Milano-Bicocca and Pavia, together with the University of Milano-Bicocca and the University of Pavia. ...> Full Article


Where and Why Humans Made Skates Out of Animal Bones (12/22/2007)

Where and Why Humans Made Skates Out of Animal BonesWhere and Why Humans Made Skates Out of Animal Bones ...> Full Article


New dating methods amongst the Top 10 Scientific discoveries of the Year (12/22/2007)

New dating methods amongst the Top 10 Scientific discoveries of the YearTime Magazine has named a study by Oxford researchers, using new dating techniques on a human skull to help find out where our most recent common ancestor came from, as one of the Top 10 Scientific Discoveries of the Year. ...> Full Article


Ancient Fish Bones Reveal Impacts Of Global Warming Beneath The Sea (12/20/2007)

Ancient Fish Bones Reveal Impacts Of Global Warming Beneath The SeaScientists studying ancient fish bones in Scandinavia have discovered that warm-water species like anchovies and black sea bream that once thrived in Danish waters during a prehistoric warm period are now returning. Some cold-water species, such as cod, were also abundant during this period, having benefited from a lower fishing effort. ...> Full Article


Age of earliest human burial in Britain pinpointed (11/2/2007)

Age of earliest human burial in Britain pinpointedThe oldest known buried remains in Britain are 29,000 years old, archaeologists have found - 4,000 years older than previously thought. The findings show that ceremonial burials were taking place in western Europe much earlier than researchers had believed. ...> Full Article

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