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Radiocarbon dates show the origins of megalith graves and how they spread across Europe

HeritageDailyFebruary 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 14, 201903096

How did European megalith graves arise and spread? Using radiocarbon dates from a large quantity of material, an archaeologist at the University of Gothenburg has

Physics Space & Planetary

Merging neutron stars

HeritageDailyFebruary 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 14, 20190924

The option to measure the gravitational waves of two merging neutron stars has offered the chance to answer some of the fundamental questions about the

Palaeontology

Exceptional new titanosaur from middle Cretaceous Tanzania: Mnyamawamtuka

HeritageDailyFebruary 14, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 14, 201901046

An exceptional sauropod dinosaur specimen from the middle Cretaceous of Tanzania represents a unique species and provides new insights into sauropod evolution.

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Biocolonizer species are putting the conservation of the granite at Machu Picchu at risk

HeritageDailyFebruary 13, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 13, 201901261

A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has evaluated the role of micro-organisms colonizing the Sacred Rock at Machu Picchu in its state

Natural History

Macaque fossils discovered at the bottom of the North Sea

HeritageDailyFebruary 11, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 11, 201902000

Together with two colleagues from the Netherlands, Senckenberg scientist Ralf-Dietrich Kahlke examined the teeth of several macaques from the bottom of the North Sea.

Natural History

Research suggests life thrived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago

HeritageDailyFebruary 11, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 11, 201901332

3.5 billion years ago Earth hosted life, but was it barely surviving, or thriving?

Archaeology Tech & Engineering

‘X-ray gun’ helps researchers pinpoint the origins of pottery found on ancient shipwreck

HeritageDailyFebruary 11, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 11, 201902591

About eight hundred years ago, a ship sank in the Java Sea off the coast of the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.

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This is how today’s wars resemble the medieval wars in Nordic areas

HeritageDailyFebruary 8, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 8, 201902408

There are many ways in which to understand the new wars of today. One way is to look at the wars that took place in

Palaeoanthropology

Timeline of Denisova Cave occupation revealed

HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 201903577

The timeline of ancient hominin occupation of Denisova Cave by Denisovans and Neanderthals has been refined by new dates reported in two papers published in

Palaeontology

T. rex: Flexible Head – The carnivorous dinosaur possessed a unique skull

HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 201901480

Senckenberg scientist Ingmar Werneburg, together with an international team, re-examined the skull structure of Tyrannosaurus rex. Using an “anatomical network analysis,” the researchers showed that

Palaeontology

Earliest known seed-eating perching bird discovered in Fossil Lake, Wyoming

HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 201901282

Most of the birds you've ever seen--sparrows, finches, robins, crows--have one crucial thing in common: they're all what scientists refer to as perching birds, or

Heritage

Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia

HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 201901843

Since the beginning of archaeology, researchers have combed the globe searching for evidence of the first domesticated crops.

Palaeontology

New oviraptorosaur species discovered in Mongolia

HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 7, 201901318

A new oviraptorosaur species from the Late Cretaceous was discovered in Mongolia, according to a study published in February 6, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS

Natural History

Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers? A new subterranean species discovered in Canada

HeritageDailyFebruary 5, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 5, 201902424

The discovery of a new to science species of rare and primitive arthropod from the depths of a cave that was covered by a thick

Palaeontology

Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica

HeritageDailyFebruary 4, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 4, 201901724

Antarctica wasn't always a frozen wasteland. About 250 million years ago, it was covered in forests and rivers, and the temperature rarely dipped below freezing.

Geology

WVU researcher unearths an ice age in the African desert

HeritageDailyFebruary 4, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 4, 201901432

A field trip to Namibia to study volcanic rocks led to an unexpected discovery by West Virginia University geologists Graham Andrews and Sarah Brown.

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Saint Birgitta of Sweden: paving the way for female writers and philosophers

HeritageDailyFebruary 4, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 4, 201901716

This female saint is the subject of a new research project led by Professor Unn Falkeid of the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Ideas

Biology

The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures

HeritageDailyFebruary 4, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 4, 201903375

An international research team, coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (MPI-SHH) and the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological

Archaeology

Spanish researchers have identified a new archaeological site with cave art in Andalusia

HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 201907632

The interdisciplinary work carried out by researchers from the Universities of Seville, Cordoba, Huelva and Murcia on the Las Ventanas cave (Granada) has made it

Archaeology Politics

UK Government announces new plans to protect treasure finds

HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 2019

by HeritageDailyFebruary 1, 201903279

Plans to widen the definition of treasure so more archaeological finds can be protected for the nation have been outlined by the government today.

Geology

Ancient asteroid impacts played a role in creation of Earth’s future continents

HeritageDailyJanuary 31, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 31, 201901787

The heavy bombardment of terrestrial planets by asteroids from space has contributed to the formation of the early evolved crust on Earth that later gave

Archaeology

Aerial Photographs Reveal Hidden Irish Archaeological Sites

HeritageDailyJanuary 30, 2019

by HeritageDailyJanuary 30, 201905611

The National Monuments Service in Ireland is using high resolution aerial photography from Bluesky to map and investigate a giant 4,500 year old Henge.

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Radiocarbon dates show the origins of megalith graves and how they spread across Europe

Merging neutron stars

Exceptional new titanosaur from middle Cretaceous Tanzania: Mnyamawamtuka

Biocolonizer species are putting the conservation of the granite at Machu Picchu at risk

Macaque fossils discovered at the bottom of the North Sea

Research suggests life thrived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago

‘X-ray gun’ helps researchers pinpoint the origins of pottery found on ancient shipwreck

This is how today’s wars resemble the medieval wars in Nordic areas

Timeline of Denisova Cave occupation revealed

T. rex: Flexible Head – The carnivorous dinosaur possessed a unique skull

Earliest known seed-eating perching bird discovered in Fossil Lake, Wyoming

Prehistoric food globalization spanned three millennia

New oviraptorosaur species discovered in Mongolia

Ice Age survivors or stranded travellers? A new subterranean species discovered in Canada

Iguana-sized dinosaur cousin discovered in Antarctica

WVU researcher unearths an ice age in the African desert

Saint Birgitta of Sweden: paving the way for female writers and philosophers

The Caucasus: Complex interplay of genes and cultures

Spanish researchers have identified a new archaeological site with cave art in Andalusia

UK Government announces new plans to protect treasure finds

Ancient asteroid impacts played a role in creation of Earth’s future continents

Aerial Photographs Reveal Hidden Irish Archaeological Sites

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

Merging neutron stars

Exceptional new titanosaur from middle Cretaceous Tanzania: Mnyamawamtuka

Biocolonizer species are putting the conservation of the granite at Machu Picchu...

Macaque fossils discovered at the bottom of the North Sea

Research suggests life thrived on Earth 3.5 billion years ago