Tagged: Archaelogy & Anthropology & History

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 a glacier near the...

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. The stone tools were...

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 sleep – a windfall...

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 of an “untouched” Amazon...

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. Alan Boyle of MSNBC...

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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 could be used in...

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 female genitalia, according to...

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 an important gap in...

The Associated Press on Hatfields and McCoys sign truce: Descendants of the Hatfield and McCoy families gathered Saturday in Pikeville to sign the truce, making a largely symbolic and official end to a feud...