Perot museum unveils exhibition details for origins: Fossils from the cradle of humankind
General public can learn what they'll experience when the world-exclusive exhibition of 'one of the greatest fossil discoveries of the ...
Tag: Archaeology
Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution
New study of an ape-like pelvis suggests human ancestors might not have been built like modern African apesCredit: Illustration courtesy ...
New study shows common carp aquaculture in Neolithic China dating back 8,000 years
By using age-mortality and species-selection profiles from prehistoric East Asia, researchers identified carp aquaculture in Henan Province, China, thousands of ...
Ancient Australia was home to strange marsupial giants, some weighing over 1,000 kg
Extinct palorchestid marsupials likely filled a niche no longer occupied in modern AustraliaCredit: Hazel Richards (2019) Palorchestid marsupials, an extinct ...
Pottery related to unknown culture was found in Ecuador
Credit: FEFU press office Archaeologists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS (Russia), Escuela ...
Perot Museum of Nature and Science to debut Origins: Fossils from the Cradle of Humankind
Public to experience 'one of the greatest fossil discoveries of the past half century' when specimens of two ancient human ...
Homo naledi and Australopithecus sediba to be exhibited in Perot Museum
South Africa's greatest fossil discoveries in modern times to be showcased for the first time at the Perot Museum in ...
Long live the long-limbed African chicken
But researcher has bone to pick with modernization: Chickens are losing diversityCredit: Helina Woldekiros, Washington University in St. Louis Pick ...
Maternal secrets of our earliest ancestors unlocked
Credit: Jose Garcia and Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Southern Cross University. New research brings to light for the first time the evolution ...
Super volcanic eruptions interrupt ozone recovery
Credit: Global Volcanism Program Since the Antarctic ozone hole was detected in 1985, depletion of the ozone layer--the "big umbrella" ...
Nuclear physics in search of world artifacts
The first 3D images of the oldest Christian church in Russia were obtainedCredit: © NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists together ...
Murder in the Paleolithic? Evidence of violence behind human skull remains
Credit: Kranoti et al, 2019 New analysis of the fossilized skull of an Upper Paleolithic man suggests that he died ...
Neurosciences unlock the secret of the first abstract engravings
Credit: Emmanuel Mellet & Francesco d'Errico Long before Lascaux paintings, humans engraved abstract motifs on stones, shells or egg shells. ...
Maize-centric diet may have contributed to ancient Maya collapse
The role of diet in climate change The question of how to best adapt to extreme climate is a critical ...
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