Daily Archives: January 25, 2012

Iron Age Warriors : Archaeology at East Chisenbury by the soldiers of The 1st Battalion, The Rifles

The abiding public image of the current conflict in Afghanistan is the repatriation parades for fallen soldiers through the village of Royal Wootton Bassett in the country of Wiltshire. However further to the south of the county a project has been developed to deal with the hidden casualties of the conflict. Archaeology News

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Two Hadzabe men in Tanzania hunting : Wiki Commons

January 25, 2012 1 Comment

A new study of hunter-gatherers suggests social networks sparked evolution of cooperation

Ancient humans may not have had the luxury of updating their Facebook status, but social networks were nevertheless an essential component of their lives, a new study suggests.

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Victory (1737), model in the National Maritime Museum : Wiki Commons

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HMS Victory wreck given to charitable trust

The ship, which precedes Admiral Nelson’s flagship preserved at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, sank in a storm in 1744 with the loss of over a thousand crew.

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‘So long as the Stone of Brutus is safe, so long will London flourish.’

Popular legends of the stone include the remains of an ancient stone circle that is alleged to have stood on Ludgate Hill, and even the stone from which King Arthur withdrew the legendary “Sword in the Stone”.

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1878 Epsom Derby winner Sefton : Wiki Commons

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‘Speed gene’ in modern racehorses originated from British mare 300 years ago, scientists say

Scientists have traced the origin of the ‘speed gene’ in Thoroughbred racehorses back to a single British mare that lived in the United Kingdom around 300 years ago, according to findings published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

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More than 7,500-year-old fish traps found in Russia

A team of international archeologists, led by the Spanish National Research Council, has documented a series of more than 7,500-year-old fish seines and traps near Moscow. The equipment found, among the oldest in Europe, displays a great technical complexity.

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