Oldest South American fossil lizard discovered in Brazil
The animal was approximately 10 cm long and lived more than 130 million years ago in what is now the ...
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Lead white pigments on Andean drinking vessels provide new historical context
Isotope analysis suggest clues to the manufacture and distribution of qerosCredit: Alyson Thibodeau (Carlisle, Pa.) - Researchers studying lead white ...
Neanderthals of Western Mediterranean did not become extinct because of changes in climate
Credit: Photo: O. Lacarbonara Homo Neanderthaliensis did not become extinct because of changes in climate. At least, this did not ...
Breakthrough in studying ancient DNA from Doggerland that separates the UK from Europe
Credit: Dr Martin Bates, UWTSD Thousands of years ago the UK was physically joined to the rest of Europe through ...
New Mygatt-Moore quarry research leads to prehistoric climate finds
Local paleontologist and professor Dr. Julia McHugh authors new studyCredit: Brian Engh Top predators dinosaurs like the Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus ...
5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe
Interdisciplinary studies in paleogenetics and archeozoologyCredit: Magdalena Krajcarz A loner and a hunter with highly developed territorial instincts, a cruel ...
New method solves old mystery: Hafnium isotopes clinch origin of high-quality Roman glass
An international team of researchers have found a way to determine the origin of colourless glass from the Roman period. ...
Ancient Maya reservoirs contained toxic pollution
Mercury, algae made water undrinkable in heart of cityCredit: David Lentz/UC Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city ...
Innovation by ancient farmers adds to biodiversity of the Amazon, study shows
Credit: Ben Hur Marimon Junior Innovation by ancient farmers to improve soil fertility continues to have an impact on the ...
Biology in art: Genetic detectives ID microbes suspected of slowly ruining humanity’s treasures
DNA science may help restore, preserve historic works, unmask counterfeits; The trait elite baseball hitters share with Leonardo da Vinci: ...
Tracking Australia’s gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs
Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus - ...
Tomography studies of coins shed light on the history of Volga Bulgaria
Kazanites teamed up with nuclear researchers from Dubna to publish their resultsCredit: Kazan Federal University Kazan Federal University, Joint Institute ...
New fossil discovery shows 50 million-year-old Canada-Australia connection
Credit: Copyright: The Canadian Entomologist. Used by permission. The discovery of a tiny insect fossil is unearthing big questions about ...
New discovery of giant bipedal crocodile footprints in the cretaceous of Korea
CU Denver researcher Marin Lockley was a member of the team that found the well-preserved footprintsCredit: Anthony Romilio A new ...
Tropical disease in medieval Europe revises the history of a pathogen related to syphilis
Genomic analysis of plague victims from a mass burial in Lithuania identifies a medieval woman who was also infected with ...
Radiocarbon dating pins date for construction of Uyghur complex to the year 777
Credit: Andrei Panin Dating archaeological objects precisely is difficult, even when using techniques such as radiocarbon dating. Using a recently ...
DNA increases our understanding of contact between Stone Age cultures
Credit: Göran Burenhult What kind of interactions did the various Stone Age cultures have with one another? In a new ...
Ancient DNA provides new insights into the early peopling of the Caribbean
New study reveals multiple waves of settlement and connections to the American mainlandCredit: Tom Björklund. According to a new study ...
On the hunt for megafauna in North America
Credit: Curtin University, Mike Bunce Research from Curtin University has found that pre-historic climate change does not explain the extinction ...
Ancient genomes link subsistence change and human migration in northern China
Genetic analysis of 55 ancient individuals finds that genetic changes in Yellow River, West Liao River and Amur River populations ...
