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As archaeologists, it was our duty to take on Cadbury over ads encouraging kids to dig up ‘treasure’ – and we won

HeritageDailyMarch 21, 2019March 21, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 21, 2019March 21, 20190838

The latest online campaign by chocolate giant Cadbury encouraged children to go “treasure hunting” over Easter. Kids were encouraged to “uncover underwater shipwrecks in Devon”

Geology

New light into the recent evolution of the African rift valley

HeritageDailyMarch 21, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 21, 20190519

Continental rift valleys are huge fractures on the surface of our planet that progressively break continental plates with the eventual development of new oceans.

Palaeontology

Ancient birds out of the egg running

HeritageDailyMarch 21, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 21, 20190715

The ~125 million-year-old Early Cretaceous fossil beds of Los Hoyas, Spain have long been known for producing thousands of petrified fish and reptiles.

Palaeontology

Half-a-billion-year-old fossil reveals the origins of comb jellies

HeritageDailyMarch 21, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 21, 20190545

One of the ocean's little known carnivores has been allocated a new place in the evolutionary tree of life after scientists discovered its unmistakable resemblance

Heritage

Viking homes were stranger than fiction: portals to the dead, magical artefacts and ‘slaves’

HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2019017605

The Vikings are more popular than ever. TV shows such as Last Kingdom and Vikings have added dramatic license to particular historical accounts, while new

Biology

First Anatolian farmers were local hunter-gatherers that adopted agriculture

HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 20, 201901326

An international team, led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and in collaboration with scientists from the United

Palaeontology

New Cretaceous fossil sheds light on avian reproduction

HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 20, 20190646

A team of scientists led by Alida Bailleul and Jingmai O'Connor from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of

Uncategorized

Researchers shed new light on the origins of modern humans

HeritageDailyMarch 20, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 20, 201901411

Researchers from the University of Huddersfield, with colleagues from the University of Cambridge and the University of Minho in Braga, have been using a genetic

Palaeontology

Rukwa Rift Basin Project names new Cretaceous mammal from East African Rift System

HeritageDailyMarch 18, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 18, 20190902

Ohio University researchers announced a new species of mammal from the Age of Dinosaurs, representing the most complete mammal from the Cretaceous Period of continental

Biology

Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia

HeritageDailyMarch 18, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 18, 201901066

Australian researchers have used current hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome sequences to deduce ancient human population movements into Australia, adding weight to the theory that

Heritage

Earliest known Mariner’s Astrolabe research published today to go in Guinness Book of Records

HeritageDailyMarch 18, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 18, 201901644

Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama's

Palaeontology

The mystery of ancient eggs and eggshells— a study of the world’s earliest known dinosaur eggs reveals new information about the evolution of dinosaur reproduction

HeritageDailyMarch 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 15, 201902471

An international team of researchers led by Robert Reisz of the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga studied the fossilized remains of

Anthropology

Ancient DNA research shines spotlight on Iberia

HeritageDailyMarch 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 15, 201907361

The largest study to date of ancient DNA from the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Portugal and Spain) offers new insights into the populations that lived in

Natural History

Sea otters’ tool use leaves behind distinctive archaeological evidence

HeritageDailyMarch 15, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 15, 201901914

An international team of researchers has analyzed the use by sea otters of large, shoreline rocks as "anvils" to break open shells, as well as

Palaeoanthropology

Neandertals and early modern humans probably had very similar diets

HeritageDailyMarch 14, 2019March 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 14, 2019March 14, 201901879

A new international study indicates that Neandertals and early modern humans probably had very similar diets, contradicting the assumption that Neandertals died out because their

Archaeology Uncategorized

Prehistoric Britons rack up food miles for feasts near Stonehenge

HeritageDailyMarch 14, 2019March 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 14, 2019March 14, 201901707

Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of the earliest large-scale celebrations in Britain - with people and animals travelling hundreds of miles for prehistoric feasting rituals.

Natural History Uncategorized

Changes in rat size reveal habitat of ‘Hobbit’ hominin

HeritageDailyMarch 14, 2019March 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 14, 2019March 14, 201901521

A study of rat body sizes shifting over time gives a glimpse into the habitat of the mysterious hominin Homo floresiensis -- nicknamed the "Hobbit" due to

Atmospheric Science

The day the world burned

HeritageDailyMarch 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 14, 201901327

When UC Santa Barbara geology professor emeritus James Kennett and colleagues set out years ago to examine signs of a major cosmic impact that occurred

Anthropology

From Stone Age chips to microchips: How tiny tools may have made us human

HeritageDailyMarch 12, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 12, 201902120

Anthropologists have long made the case that tool-making is one of the key behaviors that separated our human ancestors from other primates.

Palaeontology

Teenage T. rex was already chomping on prey, new UW Oshkosh research shows

HeritageDailyMarch 12, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 12, 201901071

New research from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh indicates that even as a teenager the Tyrannosaurus rex showed signs that it would grow up to

Archaeology

Researchers find a piece of Palaeolithic art featuring birds and humans

HeritageDailyMarch 12, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 12, 201906121

It is not very common to find representations of scenes instead of individual figures in Palaeolithic art, but it is even harder for these figures

Heritage

Criteria for the reduction of environmental impact applied in the Roman Theatre of Itálica

HeritageDailyMarch 12, 2019

by HeritageDailyMarch 12, 20190898

In the majority of studies carried out until now Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been used according to a methodology based on the final evaluation of

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As archaeologists, it was our duty to take on Cadbury over ads encouraging kids to dig up ‘treasure’ – and we won

New light into the recent evolution of the African rift valley

Ancient birds out of the egg running

Half-a-billion-year-old fossil reveals the origins of comb jellies

Viking homes were stranger than fiction: portals to the dead, magical artefacts and ‘slaves’

First Anatolian farmers were local hunter-gatherers that adopted agriculture

New Cretaceous fossil sheds light on avian reproduction

Researchers shed new light on the origins of modern humans

Rukwa Rift Basin Project names new Cretaceous mammal from East African Rift System

Hepatitis B virus sheds light on ancient human population movements into Australia

Earliest known Mariner’s Astrolabe research published today to go in Guinness Book of Records

The mystery of ancient eggs and eggshells— a study of the world’s earliest known dinosaur eggs reveals new information about the evolution of dinosaur reproduction

Ancient DNA research shines spotlight on Iberia

Sea otters’ tool use leaves behind distinctive archaeological evidence

Neandertals and early modern humans probably had very similar diets

Prehistoric Britons rack up food miles for feasts near Stonehenge

Changes in rat size reveal habitat of ‘Hobbit’ hominin

The day the world burned

From Stone Age chips to microchips: How tiny tools may have made us human

Teenage T. rex was already chomping on prey, new UW Oshkosh research shows

Researchers find a piece of Palaeolithic art featuring birds and humans

Criteria for the reduction of environmental impact applied in the Roman Theatre of Itálica

Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia

Archaeologists discover bread that predates agriculture by 4,000 years

Was Cleopatra beautiful? The archaeological evidence

Half the population of the Viking-town Sigtuna were migrants

Georadar detects a Viking ship in Norway

New light into the recent evolution of the African rift valley

Ancient birds out of the egg running

Half-a-billion-year-old fossil reveals the origins of comb jellies

Viking homes were stranger than fiction: portals to the dead, magical artefacts...

First Anatolian farmers were local hunter-gatherers that adopted agriculture