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Ancient cave draws MSU archaeologists to southeast Montana

Ancient cave draws MSU archaeologists to southeast Montana

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created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eryka Thorley had already excavated ancient fire hearths and stone flakes, but a severe thunderstorm on the final day of field work added a new dimension to the archaeology dig in southeast ...





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Regulators allow horseshoe crab harvest

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created Feb 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council has declined to extend a moratorium on horseshoe crab harvesting aimed at protecting migrating shore birds.


Earliest evidence of our cave-dwelling human ancestors

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created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A research team led by Professor Michael Chazan, director of the University of Toronto's Archaeology Centre, has discovered the earliest evidence of our cave-dwelling human ancestors at the Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa.


Decline of shorebird linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Declining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs.


Remarkable journeys may save bat species

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created Jul 12, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers have new hope for the future of an endangered species of bat after two of the flying mammals traveled 110 miles to a Welsh cave to live.


Historic Italian cave may collapse

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created May 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Archaeologists are warning a signature Stone Age cavern in southern Italy, called the Paglicci Cave, is in imminent danger of collapse.


Ancient Buddhist murals found in Nepal

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created May 05, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Murals depicting the life of Buddha and painted 800 years ago have been discovered in a cave in a remote area of Nepal, a report said.


Researchers Study Cave's 'Breathing' for Better Climate Clues

Researchers Study Cave's 'Breathing' for Better Climate Clues

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created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas researcher studying the way caves "breathe" is providing new insights into the process by which scientists study paleoclimates.


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Cave bears from the Carpathians as omnivorous as modern bears

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created Jan 07, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Rather than being gentle giants, new research reveals that Pleistocene cave bears, a species which became extinct 20,000 years ago, ate both plants and animals and competed for food with the other contemporary ...


Mould problem "stable" at Lascaux cave

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created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The problem of black fungus threatening world-famous prehistoric paintings at the Lascaux Cave in southwestern France is "stable," a scientist said on Thursday.


Red knot birds threatened by crab decline

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created Feb 21, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Virginia Tech and New Jersey scientists say a reduction in the number of red knot shorebirds is linked with a decline in Delaware Bay's horseshoe crabs.



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