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Neandertals sophisticated and fearless hunters

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Neandertals, the 'stupid' cousins of modern humans were capable of capturing the most impressive animals. This indicates that Neandertals were anything but dim. Dutch researcher Gerrit Dusseldorp analysed their daily forays ...


Study shows competition, not climate change, led to Neanderthal extinction

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created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 4

In a recently conducted study, a multidisciplinary French-American research team with expertise in archaeology, past climates, and ecology reported that Neanderthal extinction was principally a result of competition with ...





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Scottish archaeological sites threatened

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 30, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Experts say major archaeological sites on the Scottish coast are in danger of being washed away as sea levels rise.


Chinese culture at the crossroads

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created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Recent archaeological discoveries from far-flung corners of China are forcing scientists to reconsider the origins of ancient Chinese civilization - and a new crop of young archaeologists are delving into the modern nation's ...


The last supper of the hominids establishes the times they lived at the sites

The last supper of the hominids establishes the times they lived at the sites

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In the French cave of Arago, an international team of scientists has analyzed the dental wear of the fossils of herbivorous animals hunted by Homo heidelbergensis. It is the first time that an analytical method ...


New Zealand colonised 1000 years later than previously thought

New Zealand colonised 1000 years later than previously thought

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created Jun 03, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 2

A University of Adelaide palaeontologist has helped to uncover compelling new evidence that New Zealand was discovered 1000 years later than commonly believed.


Prehistoric tools discovered at Isles of Shoals

Prehistoric tools discovered at Isles of Shoals

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created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Summer students in Cornell's new Archaeology Field School at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell's marine field station, have discovered the first prehistoric archaeological site in the Isles ...


Underwater exploration seeks evidence of early Americans

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Where the first Americans came from, when they arrived and how they got here is as lively a debate as ever, only most of the research to date has focused on dry land excavations. But, last summer's pivotal underwater exploration ...


Archaeological discovery in Jordan valley: Enormous 'foot-shaped' enclosures

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created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

"The 'foot' structures that we found in the Jordan valley are the first sites that the People of Israel built upon entering Canaan and they testify to the biblical concept of ownership of the land with the foot," said archaeologist ...


Clovis-age overkill didn't take out California's flightless sea duck

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created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Clovis-age natives, often noted for overhunting during their brief dominance in a primitive North America, deserve clemency in the case of California's flightless sea duck. New evidence says it took thousands of years for ...


Fracture zones endanger tombs in Valley of Kings

Fracture zones endanger tombs in Valley of Kings

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Ancient choices made by Egyptians digging burial tombs may have led to today's problems with damage and curation of these precious archaeological treasures, but photography and detailed geological mapping ...


Tools give earlier date for 'modern-thinking' humans

Tools give earlier date for 'modern-thinking' humans

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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 ...



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