All posts tagged "Archaeology"
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1.1KNatural HistoryUnprecedented wave of large-mammal extinctions linked to ancient humans
Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and other recent human relatives may have begun hunting large mammal species down to size - by way of...
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9.8KHeritage ListsLondon’s Lost Castles and Fortifications
When we place the words "castle" and "London" in the same context, we generally think of the Tower of London as the...
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6.8KHeritageAnalysing the famous ‘mosaico de los amores’, one of the largest and best preserved Roman mosaic floors of the Iberian peninsula
An interdisciplinary research team is currently analysing the famous mosaic ‘mosaico de los amores’. This is one of the largest and best...
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5.1KPalaeoanthropologyA-State professor lends anatomy expertise to solve ancient mystery
Scientists have long wondered why the physical traits of Neanderthals, the ancestors of modern humans, differ greatly from today's man.
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10.2KArchaeologyMajor International Archaeology Projects Commence in Orkney
The island of Rousay in Orkney is renowned for the wealth of its archaeology; so much so that it is known as...
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7.3KHeritage Lists10 Ancient Geoglyphs
A geoglyph is a large design or motif (generally longer than 4 metres) produced on the ground and typically formed by clastic...
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4.4KHeritage Lists10 British Iron Age Hill Forts
A hill fort is a type of earthworks used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.
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2.5KTech & EngineeringDigital remains should be treated with the same care and respect as physical remains
From live-streaming funerals to online memorial pages and even chat-bots that use people's social media footprints' to act as online ghosts, the...
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2.0KNatural HistoryMadrid has one of the greatest concentrations of sites with remains of elephants and mammoths in Europe
Researchers from the CENIEH have participated in a paper published in the journal Quaternary International which brings out the importance of the...
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3.8KHeritageNew Digital Research Tool For Classical Scholars
The Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri (DCLP), a new digital tool for researching ancient literature, is now available.
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2.4KPalaeoanthropologySurviving climate change, then and now
Trade and social networking helped our Homo sapiens ancestors survive a climate-changing volcanic eruption 40,000 years ago, giving hope that we will be able...
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4.3KPalaeoanthropology
Neanderthals cared for each other and survived into old age – new research
When we think of Neanderthals, we often imagine these distant ancestors of ours to be rather brutish, dying at a young age...
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4.5KAtmospheric ScienceUnusual climate during Roman times plunged Eurasia into hunger and disease
A recent study published in an esteemed academic journal indicates that volcanic eruptions in the mid 500s resulted in an unusually gloomy...
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7.4KArchaeologyNew Nasca lines found in Peru
Thanks to the latest advances in space archaeology and aerial drone surveys, archaeologists have discovered 50 new examples of Nasca and Paracas...
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2.8KPalaeoanthropologyFirst human migration out of Africa more geographically widespread than thought
A project led by the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History has discovered a fossilized finger bone of an...
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4.8KAnthropologyRights of the dead and the living clash when scientists extract DNA from human remains
The remains of a 6-inch long mummy from Chile are not those of a space alien, according to recently reported research. The tiny...
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6.4KArchaeologyOldest Neanderthal wood tools in the Iberian Peninsula discovered
Archaeological excavations at Aranbaltza site in the Basque Country coast (Northern Spain), have revealed several episodes of neandertal occupations with preserved wooden...
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3.1KHeritage400-year-old documents reveal evidence of Japanese opium production and winemaking
Research from the Eisei Bunko Research Center of Kumamoto University reveals that Tadatoshi Hosokawa, a 17th century lord of Kyusyu, Japan, ordered his people to produce...
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8.8KHeritage13,000-year-old human footprints found off Canada’s Pacific coast
Human footprints found off Canada's Pacific coast may be 13,000 years old, according to a study published by Duncan McLaren and colleagues...
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6.4KArchaeologyArchaeologist discovers Cornish barrow site
An Archaeologist at The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered a prehistoric Bronze-Age barrow, or burial mound, on a hill in Cornwall...
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4.9KBiologyTracking the spread of early hunter-gatherers through language
Scientists have further evidence that an ancient family of languages spread over most of the Australian continent in the last 6000 years,...
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7.1KArchaeologyGlastonbury: archaeology is revealing new truths about the origins of British Christianity
New archaeological research on Glastonbury Abbey pushes back the date for the earliest settlement of the site by 200 years – and...
