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Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands

Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand ...





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New 'molecular clock' aids dating of human migration history

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Leeds have devised a more accurate method of dating ancient human migration - even when no corroborating archaeological evidence exists.


Studying hair of ancient Peruvians answers questions about stress

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent studies show that one in three Canadians suffer from stress and the number is on the rise. But stress isn't a new problem.


Salazar calls for high flows into Colorado River

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is calling for more manmade floods to be released from the Glen Canyon Dam into the Colorado River.


Tools give earlier date for 'modern-thinking' humans

Tools give earlier date for 'modern-thinking' humans

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team, including Oxford University archaeologists, has dated two explosions of sophisticated stone tool making in southern Africa much more precisely than has previously been ...


First archaeological survey of Paphlagonia published

First archaeological survey of Paphlagonia published

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Project Paphlagonia is the first fully published multi-period archaeological and historical survey of the little explored region of north-central Turkey. Today this region includes the provinces ...


UQ archaeology digs into the life behind Pompeii

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brisbane may be 2000 years and half-a-world away from Pompeii, but it hasn’t stopped a UQ archaeologist from digging up some hidden treasures.


Fire and water reveal new archaeological dating method

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created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new way of dating archaeological objects - using fire and water to unlock their 'internal clocks'.


London's earliest timber structure found during Belmarsh prison dig

London's earliest timber structure found during Belmarsh prison dig

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

London's oldest timber structure has been unearthed by archaeologists from Archaeology South-East (part of the Institute of Archaeology at UCL). It was found during the excavation of a prehistoric peat bog ...


Silver anomalies found in Jerusalem pottery hint at wealth during second Temple period

Silver anomalies found in Jerusalem pottery hint at wealth during second Temple period

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 27, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Bar-Ilan University have discovered unusually high concentrations of silver in samples of many different types of pottery ...


Researchers discover Maya mask splendor

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created Jan 23, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Ancient Mayan temple builders discovered and used lustrous pigments to make their buildings dazzle in the daylight, a Queensland University of Technology researcher has discovered.



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