Mitch Stacy of the Associated Press on Civil War-era ship yields its treasure: Historical records indicate the sidewheel steamer SS Republic was carrying 20,000 gold coins — worth $120 million […]
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Tag: Archaelogy & Anthropology & History
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. – George Orwell 1984
Archaelogy and Anthropology Roundup
CBC News on Iceman stuck close to home: study: A 5,200-year-old iceman likely didn’t collect many stamps on his prehistoric passport. The iceman, known as Oetzi, was found frozen in […]
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Cooking, Old School
CBC News on Researchers dig up earliest 'butcher shop' Anthropologists working in Ethiopia say they've found the earliest direct evidence of a stone tool "kitchen," dating back 2.6 million years. […]
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Ben Franklin and Daylight Savings Time
Danny Heitman on Can the break of day be negotiated? As Daylight Saving Time concludes this weekend, many Americans will roll back their clocks and grab an extra hour of […]
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Archaelogical Roundup
Kathleen Wren of MSNBC on Lost cities of the Amazon revealed: Newly discovered traces of ancient roads, bridges, and plazas in Brazil’s tropical forest may help dispel the once-popular impression […]
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Archaeological Roundup
MSNBC on Prehistoric spider web strand found: A strand of spider web silk about 130 million years old has been found preserved in Lebanese amber, a Swiss scientist said Wednesday. […]
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Seven Daughters of Eve
I have submitted the following letter to the new website – Steve Sailer Sucks: In a future article on your Steve Sailer Sucks website you may want to cover the […]
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‘Digging’ With Microwaves
Hazel Morris of New Scientist on Satellites hunt for buried treasure: In a first for radar sensing, researchers have shown the technology can locate and identify buried objects. Their technique […]
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Ms. Stonehenge
CBC News on Stonehenge mystery solved: it's a girl: England's ancient Stonehenge monument resembles a female fertility symbol, Canadian researchers say. Viewed from above, the pattern of stones resembles the […]
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More on Old Bones
James Randerson of New Scientist on Dawn of human race uncovered: Three fossil skulls from Ethiopia have been revealed as the oldest human remains yet discovered. The 160,000-year-old finds plug […]
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