Friendship ornaments from the Stone Age
As most archaeological material is found in a fragmented state, the phenomenon has been considered a natural consequence of objects' having been long buried underground. However, according to Postdoctoral Researcher Marja Ahola from the University of.....»»
Walls along River Nile reveal ancient form of hydraulic engineering
An international team of researchers who discovered a vast network of stone walls along the River Nile in Egypt and Sudan say these massive "river groins" reveal an exceptionally long-lived form of hydraulic engineering in the Nile Valley, and shed l.....»»
"Poor Things" latest trailer asks: What if "Frankenstein" was a fairy tale?
I am so excited for Poor Things. The latest feature by Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favorite, The Lobster) follows Bella Baxter (Emma Stone), a young woman who's brought back to life as part of an experiment by the eccentric Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem D.....»»
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Get the most from your summer travel experiences with the 2023 Travel Hacker Bundle featuring a lifetime subscription to Rosetta Stone, now only $159.99 with coupon.Save on Rosetta Stone & more.The Travel Hacker Bundle features four must-have softwar.....»»
Newly discovered stone tools drag dawn of Greek archaeology back by a quarter-million years
Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country's oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern humans' hominin ancestors......»»
Neanderthal and human fire-making methods suggest different origins, shared intelligence
Professor Marlize Lombard, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, who has a research focus in stone age archaeology and Peter Gärdenfors, a professor of cognitive science at the University of Lund, Sweden, teamed up to investigate the cognitive i.....»»
Shell beads discovery sheds light on Stone Age seafaring
Stone Age humans may have made extended maritime voyages on the Caspian Sea, according to a new study published in the journal Open Archaeology......»»
People in Old Testament Jerusalem suffered from widespread dysentery, study finds
Study results indicate "long-term presence" of Giardia parasite in Near East populations. Enlarge / Fecal samples in sediment collected from beneath this stone toilet seat at Armon Hanatziv, circa mid-7th century BCE, showed evid.....»»
Despite the dangers, early humans risked life-threatening flintknapping injuries
Every day, hundreds of stone artifact enthusiasts around the world sit down and begin striking a stone with special tools attempting to craft the perfect arrowhead or knife. This craft is known as flintknapping, and for most, it is a skilled hobby or.....»»
Pre-Hispanic aquaducts irrigate modern Peruvian crops
Built some 1,700 years ago by the pre-Hispanic Nazca people of Peru, an ingenious aqueduct system of wood and stone still provides farmers with water to this day......»»
Puzzling rings may be finger loops from prehistoric weapon systems, research finds
When most researchers looked at a puzzling group of artifacts discovered at French archaeological sites, they presumed these to be ornaments or clothing. But Justin Garnett saw something else......»»
Authentic Learning and Making
Michael Stone is an educator who led efforts to create 34 Fab Labs in K-12 schools in Hamilton County, Tennessee, despite not thinking of himself as having any skills or interest in making. He was a basketball coach with a degree in computer science.....»»
Newly described species of dome-headed dinosaur may have sported bristly headgear
If you look at enough dinosaur fossils, you'll see that their skulls sport an amazing variety of bony ornaments, ranging from the horns of Triceratops and the mohawk-like crests of hadrosaurs to the bumps and knobs covering the head of Tyrannosaurus.....»»
New book eyes Earth"s excavators, from microbes to elephants and dinosaurs
The ordinary person looks at Stone Mountain and sees a solid, unmovable monolith. Emory paleontologist Anthony Martin, who thinks in geologic time, sees something more akin to a giant sugar cube......»»
United States returns "Earth Monster" Olmec sculpture to Mexico
Mexico announced Friday that a huge 2,500-year-old Olmec stone sculpture has been returned from the United States......»»
Creating kitty litter from soy waste
Scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are building a better mouse trap when it comes to cat litter. And in the process, they hope to kill two birds with one stone......»»
Who owned this Stone Age jewellery? New forensic tools offer an unprecedented answer
An international team of researchers has recovered DNA from the owner of a deer-tooth pendant that was buried inside a remote Siberian cave for tens of thousands of years......»»
Scientists revive Stone Age molecules
Breakthroughs in ancient genome reconstruction and biotechnology are now revealing the rich molecular secrets of Paleolithic microorganisms. In a new study published in Science, a transdisciplinary team of researchers led by the Leibniz Institute for.....»»
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Pressure required to launch a rock from Mars into space much lower than thought, discovers study
In August 1865, a 10-pound rock fell from space to Earth, landing with a bang in the remote village of Sherghati, India. After being recovered by witnesses to the event, the stone passed into the possession of a local British magistrate who endeavore.....»»
Stone tools reflect three waves of migration of the earliest Homo sapiens into Europe
The first modern humans spread across Europe in three waves during the Paleolithic, according to a study published May 3, 2023, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Ludovic Slimak of the CNRS and University of Toulouse III, France......»»